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petal [noun] (ON FLOWER)

any of the usually brightly coloured parts that together form most of a flower

US

/ˈpet̬.əl/

UK

/ˈpet.əl/

Example:

rose petals

Oxford Essential Dictionary

petal

noun
one of the coloured parts of a flower

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

petal

pet‧al /ˈpetl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: petalum, from Greek petalon]

one of the coloured parts of a flower that are shaped like leaves:
rose petals
The flower has seven petals.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

petal

petal [petal petals] [ˈpetl] [ˈpetl] noun
a delicate coloured part of a flower. The head of a flower is usually made up of several petals around a central part.
Word Origin:

early 18th cent.: from modern Latin petalum (in late Latin ‘metal plate’), from Greek petalon ‘leaf’, neuter (used as a noun) of petalos ‘outspread’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

petal / ˈpet. ə l / / ˈpet̬- / noun [ C ] (ON FLOWER)

any of the usually brightly coloured parts that together form most of a flower:

rose petals

petal / ˈpet. ə l / / ˈpet̬- / noun [ C ] UK informal (PERSON)

a friendly way of talking to someone, especially a woman or child:

What did you say, petal?

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

petal

[pe̱t(ə)l]
petals
N-COUNT
The petals of a flower are the thin coloured or white parts which together form the flower.
...bowls of dried rose petals.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

petal

pet·al /ˈpɛtl̩/ noun, pl -als [count] : one of the soft, colorful parts of a flower
• rose petals
• flowers with pink and white petals
- see picture at flower

American English

British English

flowers - general words

B2 (Upper-intermediate)

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