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petalum

petalum noun: a petal.

Noun

petalum (plural petala)

  1. (obsolete) A petal.

Forms of petalum

pluralpetala

Origin of petalum

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.

Questions about petalum

What does petalum mean?
Petalum means a petal.
What part of speech is petalum?
Petalum is a noun.
What is the plural of petalum?
The plural of petalum is petala.

Words near petalum in the dictionary

  1. petalous
  2. petals
  3. petalsome
  4. petaltail
  5. petaltails
  6. petalum
  7. Petaluma
  8. petalurid
  9. petalurids
  10. petalwise
  11. petaly

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