petalum
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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)