English Explanatory Dictionary

petal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
  2. The labia (majora).
  3. Term of endearment.
  4. A lobe of a rose (geometric shape).
verb
  1. To spread out from, like the petals of a flower

Pronunciation

/ˈpɛtl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-petal.wav

Word forms

petal petals petaling petalling petaled petalled

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).

Synonyms

beef curtains beef flaps cunt lips fanny flaps labes lips lower lips meat curtains meat flaps mud flaps netherlips petals piss flaps pussy lips vertical lips wizard sleeve

Related words

sepal tepal

Derived words

andropetal anisopetalous antepetalous apetalous apetaly basipetal bipetal bipetalous bracteopetal catapetalous choripetalous depetal dipetalous dispetal empetalled fanpetal flower petal gamopetalous hexapetalous macropetalous monopetalous multipetalled octopetalous oligopetalous oppositipetalous parapetalous pentapetalous peripetalous petaliferous petaliform petaline petalled petalless petallike petaloid petalomania petalous petalsome petaltail petalwise planipetalous polypetal polypetalous quadripetal rose petal stenopetalous tetrapetalous tripetaloid tripetalous unpetal unpetalled
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