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Webster 1913 Edition
Petal
Pet′al
(pĕt′al; 277)
, Noun.
[Gr.
πέταλον
a leaf, a leaf or plate of metal, fr. πέταλοσ
outspread, broad, flat: cf. F. pétale
. See Fathom
.] 1.
(Bot.)
2.
(Zool.)
One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Webster 1828 Edition
Petal
PE'TAL
,Noun.