PETAL
What does "PETAL" mean?
One of the often colorful, leaf-like segments that form the corolla of a flower.
Meanings
- Each of the modified leaves, usually brightly colored, that together make up the showy outer part of a flower. A single petal drifted from the rose and settled on the tablecloth.
Did you know?
- 'Petal' is a young word: it entered English only around 1704, from the New Latin 'petalum' and the Greek for a thin leaf - so flowers had petals for millions of years before English had a name for them.
Word origin
From New Latin 'petalum', from Greek 'petalon' (a leaf), related to 'petannynai' (to spread out); adopted as a botanical term in English in the early 18th century.
Remember it
A PETAL is a flower's gentle PET - soft, colorful, and easy to stroke.
A little poem
One petal lets go,
the whole rose leans after it-
even bloom must fall.
haiku
Wordplay
- The flower joined a band but only knew one note - it just played the same petal again and again.
What it teaches
Beauty is built from parts that each look fragile and fall on their own.
Quick facts
What does PETAL mean?
One of the often colorful, leaf-like segments that form the corolla of a flower.
Is PETAL a valid word?
Yes — PETAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PETAL?
PETAL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PETAL come from?
From New Latin 'petalum', from Greek 'petalon' (a leaf), related to 'petannynai' (to spread out); adopted as a botanical term in English in the early 18th century.
What can PETAL teach us?
Beauty is built from parts that each look fragile and fall on their own.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.