petalum

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petalum

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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 petala

obsolete A petal.

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@misc{petalum_2026,
  title = {petalum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/petalum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}