Petal

pet′al, n. a flower-leaf: a corolla leaf.— adjs. Pet′aled , Pet′aliform , Pet′alous , having petals or flower-leaves; Pet′aline , pertaining to or resembling a petal: attached to a petal.— n. Pet′alism , a method of ostracism practised in ancient Syracuse, the name being written on an olive-leaf.— adj. Pet′aloid , having the form of a petal—also Petaloi′deous . [Gr. petal on , a leaf.]