petalum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin petalum, from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”). Doublet of petal.
Noun[edit]
petalum (plural petala)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “petalum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin petalum, from Ancient Greek πέτᾰλον (pétalon).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
petalum n (plural petala)
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