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petal

pet.al or pet.alled \'pet-*l\ \-*ld\ \-*l-.(l)i-k\ n [NL petalum, fr. Gk 
   petalon; akin to Gk petannynai to spread]out - more at FATHOM : one of the 
   modified leaves of a corolla of a flower  - pet.aled aj