petaln.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtl/, U.S.

/ˈpɛdl/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin petalum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin petalum petal (Fabio Colonna a1650, in F. Hernandez Nova plantarum, animalium & mineralium Mexicanorum historia (1651) 853), leaf, plate of gold worn by a Jewish high priest (early 5th cent.) < ancient Greek πέταλον leaf, in Hellenistic Greek also leaf of metal, (specifically) a plate of gold worn by a Jewish high priest (Septuagint) < the stem of πεταννύναι to spread out ( < the same Indo-European base as fathom n.) + -λον , neuter of -λος , suffix forming nouns. Compare French pétale (1718), Italian petalo (1747). Compare earlier petalum n., and also petalon n.

a. Each of the modified leaves, typically distinctly coloured, which form the segments of the corolla of a flower.In plants with a coloured calyx or perianth (e.g. fuchsia, begonia, etc.), the segments are not strictly petals but are sometimes loosely referred to as such. Cf. sepal n., tepal n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal

leafeOE

fall1629

petalum1687

petal1712

petalon1720

flower-leaf1727

leafit1830

leaflet1855

phyllode1874

1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 422 Flowers..of a pale blewish white, each composed of 8 or 10 small Daisie-like Petals.

1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. p. xxxiv The specimen..contains Blossoms of one Petal; this Petal is fixed below the Seed-bud.

1793 S. T. Coleridge Rose i Within the petals of a rose A sleeping Love I spied.

1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §177 The petals are either distinct, and then the corolla is called polypetalous, or they are coherent more or less, and the corolla is monopetalous.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 19 Petals fell in a silent shower.

1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 9 Mar. 143 The spring snowflake..has three sepals or calyx-pieces, and three petals or corolla-pieces; only..these two whorls exactly resemble one another.

1908 M. Findlater & J. Findlater Crossriggs xxxi Her skirts fluted out about her like the ruffled petals of a flower.

1947 D. H. Robinson Leguminous Forage Plants (ed. 2) i. 2 The corolla is composed of 5 petals, of three different kinds.

1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) iv. 89 In the stillness, the dry sound of a chrysanthemum petal falling upon the marble of a table made one's nerves twang.

1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 149 A very important trend in the corolla has been from separate petals (polypetaly) to having the petals fused (sympetaly).

2001 Org. Gardening Apr. 14/3 Tuberous begonias, with their vibrant colors and delicate, papery petals, are among the most exquisite flowers you can grow.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. vii. 80 Love opens all the petals of the soul.

a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 6 From the sweet delicious violets think out fresh petals of thought and colours, as it were, of soul.

1942 E. Sitwell Street Songs 31 The air-pale petals of the foam seem flowers.

1993 Esquire Oct. 160/3 They burned like petals of flame till I got them home.

c. Originally and chiefly British. As an affectionate or familiar form of address: (my) dear, darling; sweetheart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

darlingc888

belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

dearc1230

sweetheartc1290

heartc1300

sweetc1330

honeya1375

dovec1386

jewelc1400

birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

honeycombc1405

lovec1405

wantonc1450

mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

crowdy-mowdy?a1513

honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

foolc1525

buttinga1529

whitinga1529

beautiful1534

turtle-dove1535

soula1538

heartikin1540

bully?1548

turtle1548

lamba1556

nyletc1557

sweet-lovea1560

coz1563

ding-ding1564

pugs1566

golpol1568

sparling1570

lover1573

pug1580

bulkin1582

mopsy1582

chuck1589

bonny1594

chick1594

sweetikin1596

ladybird1597

angel1598

muss1598

pinkany1599

sweetkin1599

duck1600

joy1600

sparrowc1600

sucket1605

nutting1606

chuckaby1607

tickling1607

bagpudding1608

heartling1608

chucking1609

dainty1611

flittermouse1612

honeysuckle1613

fubs1614

bawcocka1616

pretty1616

old thinga1625

bun1627

duckling1630

bulchin1633

bulch?c1640

sweetling1648

friscoa1652

ding-dongs1662

buntinga1668

cocky1680

dearie1681

chucky1683

lovey1684

machree1689

nykin1693

pinkaninny1696

nug1699

hinny1724

puss1753

pet1767

dovey1769

sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

lovely1791

ducky1819

toy1822

acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

bach1889

honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

1974 T. Brooke-Taylor Goodies File 91 Is that correct?.. Almost, petal.

1988 H. Mantel Eight Months on Ghazzah St. (1989) 195 What sort of day have you had, petal?

1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 25 ‘Hello, Petal,’ Ram said. ‘About time you showed up.’ I smiled to see that my old friend hadn't changed his personal style.

2003 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Dec. 65 To my petal Pauline and all the family up in Snekky, I hope you all have a merry Xmas and New Year.

2. Zoology. (The dilated end of) a petaloid ambulacrum of an echinoid. Cf. petaloid adj. 1b.

ΚΠ

1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 788 It is difficult to make out the ‘petals’ or curved outlines of the ambulacral pores.

1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) viii. 202 Micraster is not typically ‘petaloid’, only subpetaloid, because the two series of pores in each petal are nearly parallel, instead of widening out and closing in again.

1998 Paleobiology 201/2 The 2-1-2 pattern became rearranged into a 2-3 pattern of bivium and trivium of ambulacral petals.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and similative.

petal-shaped adj.

ΚΠ

1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. O7^v Petaliforme stigma, a petal-shaped stigma: as in Iris.

1991 M. Connell Against Peacock Sky (BNC) 69 Sitting beside a petal-shaped oil lamp which he replenished as soon as the flame began to dwindle.

petal-shower n.

ΚΠ

1901 B. Carman Christmas Eve at S. Kavin's 7 The same fair matchless flower As shed its petal-shower Through old Iberian gardens long ago.

a1918 W. Owen Coll. Poems (1963) 117 Stirs Of leaflets in the gloom; soft petal-showers.

2000 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 12 Sept. t7 A petal shower cake, which, for those who don't know, is a ‘pristine white cake piped with tiny beads around each tier..sprinkled with a flutter of red rose petals’.

petal-tambourine n.

ΚΠ

1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 26 And petal-tambourines shall earn A largess this May morn.

petal whorl n.

ΚΠ

1882 G. Allen in Nature 17 Aug. 374/1 The mere fact that the stamens are opposite to the lobes of the calyx,..in itself shows that a petal-whorl has been suppressed.

1999 Evolution 53 729 The total number of primordia in the stamen and petal whorls are limited.

C2. Similative: petal-soft, petal-thin, etc., adjs.

ΚΠ

1937 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 9 Feb. 12 (advt.) Wind & Weather Lotion is the hand and body rub that makes a perfect powder-base and keeps your skin petal-soft.

1947 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Aug. 9 (advt.) Colony Club's pettiskirt... In petal-soft Bur-Mil rayon crepe, white, pink or black.

1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 May c10/3 Although properly rare and tender, petal-thin slices of roast lamb and eggplant were entwined to form an elaborate but barely warm rose.

1999 Zest Feb. 19/2 The choice between having skin that is petal-delicate or tough as rhino hide.

2003 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 12 Jan. (Features section) 5 This week we launch a special four-week guide to ensure you have beautiful, sweet-smelling petal-soft feet in plenty of time for spring.

C3.

petal collar n. a collar on a woman's garment cut in the shape of petals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > collar > types of

chevesailec1400

roll collar1832

coat-collar1833

bertha1842

step-roll1881

open-neck1894

step-collar1895

button-down1897

turtle-neck1897

Shakespeare collar1907

polo collar1909

shawl collar1913

polo neck1924

mandarin collar1952

petal collar1957

polo1967

1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 74/1 Petal collar, collar made of overlapping petals of fabric.

1969 Times 24 Mar. 13/8 (advt.) A button-through coat dress for Spring into Summer. Short sleeves, petal collar.

2003 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Living section) 6 Her petal collar of crystal rhinestone- and pearl-enhanced floral lace.

petal ware n. a type of Byzantine pottery having petal-shaped adornments.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > ancient Greek or Byzantine

Samian ware1848

black-figure1867

Kamares1895

Palace style1901

Urfirnis1912

petal ware1930

1930 D. T. Rice Byzantine Glazed Pottery 9 In dealing with the Constantinople finds,..six main groups were distinguished; plain glazed ware; stamped ware; white inscribed or sgraffito ware; ‘petal’ ware [etc.].

1973 Hesperia 42 213 An unusually early assemblage of Byzantine sherds (Petal Ware, 2 pieces).

Derivatives

ˈpetal-like adj. resembling a petal.

ΚΠ

1781 E. Darwin Let. 29 Sept. (1981) 113 Compounds of these words are often wanted; thus petal, petaled, petal-like;..fascicle, fascicled, fascicular.

1857 E. C. Otté tr. A. de Quatrefages de Bréau Rambles Naturalist I. i. 53 Petal-like tentacles..furnished with cupping glasses.

1990 Plants & Gardens Autumn 9/1 The petal-lobes number 5, but between each there are small appendages or plicae—in some instances the plicae are large and petal-like.

ˈpetalwise adv. rare like a petal.

ΚΠ

1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest 62 Doubtful as a dream that lies Folded within another, petal-wise.

1968 H. Braun Vergil Woods 40 The rain, oscilloscoping, heels the roses Clinging like suicides to the stalk, but most Have fallen petalwise to dissolution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petal
释义	petaln. Brit. /ˈpɛtl/, U.S. /ˈpɛdl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin petalum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin petalum petal (Fabio Colonna a1650, in F. Hernandez Nova plantarum, animalium & mineralium Mexicanorum historia (1651) 853), leaf, plate of gold worn by a Jewish high priest (early 5th cent.) < ancient Greek πέταλον leaf, in Hellenistic Greek also leaf of metal, (specifically) a plate of gold worn by a Jewish high priest (Septuagint) < the stem of πεταννύναι to spread out ( < the same Indo-European base as fathom n.) + -λον , neuter of -λος , suffix forming nouns. Compare French pétale (1718), Italian petalo (1747). Compare earlier petalum n., and also petalon n. 1. a. Each of the modified leaves, typically distinctly coloured, which form the segments of the corolla of a flower.In plants with a coloured calyx or perianth (e.g. fuchsia, begonia, etc.), the segments are not strictly petals but are sometimes loosely referred to as such. Cf. sepal n., tepal n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal leafeOE fall1629 petalum1687 petal1712 petalon1720 flower-leaf1727 leafit1830 leaflet1855 phyllode1874 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 422 Flowers..of a pale blewish white, each composed of 8 or 10 small Daisie-like Petals. 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. I. p. xxxiv The specimen..contains Blossoms of one Petal; this Petal is fixed below the Seed-bud. 1793 S. T. Coleridge Rose i Within the petals of a rose A sleeping Love I spied. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §177 The petals are either distinct, and then the corolla is called polypetalous, or they are coherent more or less, and the corolla is monopetalous. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 19 Petals fell in a silent shower. 1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 9 Mar. 143 The spring snowflake..has three sepals or calyx-pieces, and three petals or corolla-pieces; only..these two whorls exactly resemble one another. 1908 M. Findlater & J. Findlater Crossriggs xxxi Her skirts fluted out about her like the ruffled petals of a flower. 1947 D. H. Robinson Leguminous Forage Plants (ed. 2) i. 2 The corolla is composed of 5 petals, of three different kinds. 1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) iv. 89 In the stillness, the dry sound of a chrysanthemum petal falling upon the marble of a table made one's nerves twang. 1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 149 A very important trend in the corolla has been from separate petals (polypetaly) to having the petals fused (sympetaly). 2001 Org. Gardening Apr. 14/3 Tuberous begonias, with their vibrant colors and delicate, papery petals, are among the most exquisite flowers you can grow. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. vii. 80 Love opens all the petals of the soul. a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 6 From the sweet delicious violets think out fresh petals of thought and colours, as it were, of soul. 1942 E. Sitwell Street Songs 31 The air-pale petals of the foam seem flowers. 1993 Esquire Oct. 160/3 They burned like petals of flame till I got them home. c. Originally and chiefly British. As an affectionate or familiar form of address: (my) dear, darling; sweetheart. 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Brooke-Taylor Goodies File 91 Is that correct?.. Almost, petal. 1988 H. Mantel Eight Months on Ghazzah St. (1989) 195 What sort of day have you had, petal? 1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 25 ‘Hello, Petal,’ Ram said. ‘About time you showed up.’ I smiled to see that my old friend hadn't changed his personal style. 2003 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Dec. 65 To my petal Pauline and all the family up in Snekky, I hope you all have a merry Xmas and New Year. 2. Zoology. (The dilated end of) a petaloid ambulacrum of an echinoid. Cf. petaloid adj. 1b. ΚΠ 1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 788 It is difficult to make out the ‘petals’ or curved outlines of the ambulacral pores. 1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) viii. 202 Micraster is not typically ‘petaloid’, only subpetaloid, because the two series of pores in each petal are nearly parallel, instead of widening out and closing in again. 1998 Paleobiology 201/2 The 2-1-2 pattern became rearranged into a 2-3 pattern of bivium and trivium of ambulacral petals. Compounds C1. General attributive and similative. petal-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. O7^v Petaliforme stigma, a petal-shaped stigma: as in Iris. 1991 M. Connell Against Peacock Sky (BNC) 69 Sitting beside a petal-shaped oil lamp which he replenished as soon as the flame began to dwindle. petal-shower n. ΚΠ 1901 B. Carman Christmas Eve at S. Kavin's 7 The same fair matchless flower As shed its petal-shower Through old Iberian gardens long ago. a1918 W. Owen Coll. Poems (1963) 117 Stirs Of leaflets in the gloom; soft petal-showers. 2000 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 12 Sept. t7 A petal shower cake, which, for those who don't know, is a ‘pristine white cake piped with tiny beads around each tier..sprinkled with a flutter of red rose petals’. petal-tambourine n. ΚΠ 1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 26 And petal-tambourines shall earn A largess this May morn. petal whorl n. ΚΠ 1882 G. Allen in Nature 17 Aug. 374/1 The mere fact that the stamens are opposite to the lobes of the calyx,..in itself shows that a petal-whorl has been suppressed. 1999 Evolution 53 729 The total number of primordia in the stamen and petal whorls are limited. C2. Similative: petal-soft, petal-thin, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1937 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 9 Feb. 12 (advt.) Wind & Weather Lotion is the hand and body rub that makes a perfect powder-base and keeps your skin petal-soft. 1947 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Aug. 9 (advt.) Colony Club's pettiskirt... In petal-soft Bur-Mil rayon crepe, white, pink or black. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 May c10/3 Although properly rare and tender, petal-thin slices of roast lamb and eggplant were entwined to form an elaborate but barely warm rose. 1999 Zest Feb. 19/2 The choice between having skin that is petal-delicate or tough as rhino hide. 2003 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 12 Jan. (Features section) 5 This week we launch a special four-week guide to ensure you have beautiful, sweet-smelling petal-soft feet in plenty of time for spring. C3. petal collar n. a collar on a woman's garment cut in the shape of petals. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering or next to neck > collar > types of chevesailec1400 roll collar1832 coat-collar1833 bertha1842 step-roll1881 open-neck1894 step-collar1895 button-down1897 turtle-neck1897 Shakespeare collar1907 polo collar1909 shawl collar1913 polo neck1924 mandarin collar1952 petal collar1957 polo1967 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 74/1 Petal collar, collar made of overlapping petals of fabric. 1969 Times 24 Mar. 13/8 (advt.) A button-through coat dress for Spring into Summer. Short sleeves, petal collar. 2003 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Living section) 6 Her petal collar of crystal rhinestone- and pearl-enhanced floral lace. petal ware n. a type of Byzantine pottery having petal-shaped adornments. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > ancient Greek or Byzantine Samian ware1848 black-figure1867 Kamares1895 Palace style1901 Urfirnis1912 petal ware1930 1930 D. T. Rice Byzantine Glazed Pottery 9 In dealing with the Constantinople finds,..six main groups were distinguished; plain glazed ware; stamped ware; white inscribed or sgraffito ware; ‘petal’ ware [etc.]. 1973 Hesperia 42 213 An unusually early assemblage of Byzantine sherds (Petal Ware, 2 pieces). Derivatives ˈpetal-like adj. resembling a petal. ΚΠ 1781 E. Darwin Let. 29 Sept. (1981) 113 Compounds of these words are often wanted; thus petal, petaled, petal-like;..fascicle, fascicled, fascicular. 1857 E. C. Otté tr. A. de Quatrefages de Bréau Rambles Naturalist I. i. 53 Petal-like tentacles..furnished with cupping glasses. 1990 Plants & Gardens Autumn 9/1 The petal-lobes number 5, but between each there are small appendages or plicae—in some instances the plicae are large and petal-like. ˈpetalwise adv. rare like a petal. ΚΠ 1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest 62 Doubtful as a dream that lies Folded within another, petal-wise. 1968 H. Braun Vergil Woods 40 The rain, oscilloscoping, heels the roses Clinging like suicides to the stalk, but most Have fallen petalwise to dissolution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). petalv. Brit. /ˈpɛtl/, U.S. /ˈpɛdl/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: petal n. Etymology: < petal n. literary and poetic. transitive. To provide or scatter with petals. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > ornament with flowers flourisha1400 beflower1594 enflowerc1602 emblossom1821 floralize1890 petal1907 1907 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 2/3 Sigh, little wind..,Winnow the lilacs pink and white, Petal the shining grass. 1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos iv. 17 Saffron sandal so petals the narrow foot. 1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill (1957) xci. 76 The water-bug's mittens petal the rock beneath. 1993 National Geographic Traveler Sept.–Oct. 70/2 The breeze almost tasted of the dogwood blossoms petaling the roadsides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -petalcomb. form < n.1712v.1907 see also
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petaln.

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petalv.

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