petal, flower petal
(noun) part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
Source: WordNet® 3.1
petal (plural petals)
(botany) 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.
Term of endearment.
• Patel, Plate, leapt, lepta, palet, pelta, plate, platé, pleat, tepal
Source: Wiktionary
Pet"al, n. Etym: [Gr. pétale. See Fathom.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
