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n. One of the often brightly colored parts of a flower immediately surrounding the reproductive organs; a division of the corolla.

n. one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower, when this consists of separate parts, that is it is not fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

n. Term of endearment.

n. One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See corolla, and Illust. of flower.

n. One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.

n. In botany, a corollaleaf; one of the individual parts of a corolla in which they are distinct.

n. In zoology, a petaloid ambulacrum, as that of a spatangoid or clypeastroid sea-urchin. See cuts under ambulacrum and petalostichous.

n. part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

"Also I have accepted the term petal -- but never the word lip -- as applied to flowers."

floral leaf   

sepal    tepal   

corolla    flower   

Gretel    betel    kettle    metal    mettle    nettle    resettle    settle    unsettle   

blossom    bud    wreath    rose    tint    leaf    stalk    fragrance    flower    foliage