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Definition: Petal |
PetalNoun1. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "petal" was first used: 1726. (references) |
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A petal is one member or part of the corolla of a flower; it is the inner part of the perianth. The perianth comprises the sterile parts of a flower, consisting of inner and outer tepals that are usually differentiated into petals and sepals. The term tepal is usually applied when the petals and sepals are not differentiated. In a "typical" flower the petals are showy and colored and surround the reproductive parts; but there is considerable variation in form among the flowering plants.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Petal."
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Petal is a city located in Forrest County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 7,579.Geography
Petal is located at 31°20'48" North, 89°15'20" West (31.346740, -89.255485)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.1 km² (9.7 mi²). 25.0 km² (9.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.21% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 7,579 people, 2,979 households, and 2,079 families residing in the city. The population density is 302.6/km² (783.8/mi²). There are 3,208 housing units at an average density of 128.1/km² (331.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.93% White, 4.43% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races. 1.44% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,979 households out of which 34.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% are married couples living together, 15.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% are non-families. 26.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.05. In the city the population is spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $29,637, and the median income for a family is $35,343. Males have a median income of $27,500 versus $20,741 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,996. 15.0% of the population and 11.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 19.4% are under the age of 18 and 13.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Petal, Mississippi."
Synonym: PetalSynonym: flower petal (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Petal |
| English words defined with "petal": Antipetalous ♦ Calcar, Cassideous ♦ five-spot, Fumaria ♦ genus Fumaria, genus Oxytropis ♦ Labellum ♦ moccasin flower, Monomerous, Monopetalous ♦ Nemophila maculata ♦ Obcordate, Oppositipetalous, Orchidaceous, Oxytropis ♦ Parapetalous, Petaliform, Petaline, petaloid, Petalum ♦ Replicated ♦ Saccate, Semifloscule ♦ Vexillary, Vexillum. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "petal": Tetrapetalous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Petal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (petal), Welsh (petal). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell, the spell would be broken (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Petal on the Current (1919) Petal to the Metal (1992) Rose Petal Place (1984) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Moving Petal" (movie) by Katherine Brandl. |  | Black farmer Earl Shelby looks at his hogs near Petal, MS. Credit: USDA. |
 | Earl Shelby picks okra on his farm near Petal, MS. Credit: USDA. |  | Sam Thornton, Director of the USDA National Office of Outreach and Ben Burkette, Executive Director of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives at a fertile egg production facility near Petal, MS. Credit: USDA. |
 | Tomato patch owned by Earl Shelby Near Petal Mississippi. Credit: USDA. |  | Hardy Meyers chicken operation near Petal, Mississippi. Operation produes eggs under contract to commercial hatchery. Funding of $350,000 Rural Business loan. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Orange petal" by Michelle Kwajafa Commentary: "Lone orange petals on a flowering plant." | "Deep Purple" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "As close as you can get to an Iris petal. ." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Susan Coolidge | Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She took a petal carefully off and stuck it on her nose |
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| "Petal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.23% of the time. "Petal" is used about 113 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.23% | 111 | 30,796 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.77% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 113 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Petal, MS (city, FIPS 56800) |
Expressions using "petal": flower petal ♦ rose petal. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "petal": petal-first, petal-less, petal-like, petal-perfect, petal-shaped, petal-shedding, petal-soft. | |
Ending with "petal": rose-petal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
petal | 3,612 | wedding petal | 15 |
rose petal | 2,702 | catalog petal | 15 |
flower petal | 247 | rose petal bead | 14 |
fresh petal | 103 | foot petal | 13 |
silk rose petal | 78 | petal to the metal | 13 |
petal mississippi | 60 | petal paper | 12 |
freeze dried rose petal | 46 | petal precious | 12 |
rose petal for a wedding | 46 | dry rose petal | 11 |
around petal rose | 31 | from past petal | 11 |
rose petal place | 24 | drying petal rose | 10 |
breast petal | 24 | zuzus petal | 9 |
petal silk flower | 22 | jelly petal rose | 9 |
petal soap | 21 | rose petal picture | 9 |
fresh petal rose | 20 | silk petal | 8 |
rose petal soap | 20 | petal rose silk wholesale | 8 |
petal pusher | 19 | rose petal recipe | 7 |
crimson petal white | 19 | petal car | 7 |
jam petal rose | 18 | perfect petal | 7 |
dried rose petal | 18 | petal high school | 7 |
dried freeze petal | 16 | craft petal rose | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "petal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | petal, petël (leaf), fletë (fin, lamina, leaf, page, pinion, sheet, vane, wing). (various references) | |
Arabic | تويجية نبات, البتلة نبات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | венчелистче. (various references) | |
Chinese | 瓣 (section). (various references) | |
Czech | okvìtní lístek. (various references) | |
Danish | kronblad, blomsterblad. (various references) | |
Dutch | kroonblad, bloemblad. (various references) | |
Esperanto | petalo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | krúnublað. (various references) | |
Farsi | پنج برگ گل . (various references) | |
Finnish | terälehti (petals). (various references) | |
French | pétale (petals). (various references) | |
German | Blumenblatt, Blütenblatt. (various references) | |
Greek | πέταλο (horseshoe, shoe). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עלי כותרת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szirom (leaf). (various references) | |
Italian | petalo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 花片 , 花びら , 花弁 , 花弁 , 華 (flower), 弁 (braid, dialect, discrimination, speech, valve), 一片 (a piece, a slice, flake), 一枚 (flake, one sheet, one thin flat object). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひとひら (flake), べん (braid, convenience, counter for whipping, crown, dialect, discrimination, evacuation, excreta, facility, speech, stools, valve), かべん, かへん (changeable, controllable, convertible, outstanding poem, variable), はなびら, はな (edge, end, flower, margin, nasal mucus, nose, point, snivel, snot, tip). (various references) | |
Korean | 꽃잎. (various references) | |
Manx | petyl. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etalpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pétala. (various references) | |
Romanian | petalã (leaf, lobe). (various references) | |
Russian | лепесток. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | latica (gusset). (various references) | |
Spanish | pétalo. (various references) | |
Swedish | kronblad, blomblad. (various references) | |
Turkish | taçyaprağı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пелюстка. (various references) | |
Welsh | petal. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | petalon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | petalum. (various references) |
| Modern Latin | 1500-Modern | petalum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "petal": petaled, petaline, petalled, petallike, petalodies, petalody, petaloid, petalous, petals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "petal": acropetal, basipetal, centripetal, tapetal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "petal": acropetally, apetalies, apetalous, apetaly, basipetally, centripetally, gamopetalous, polypetalous, sympetalies, sympetalous, sympetaly. (additional references) | |
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"Petal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eeshal, etal, Etaul, etil, Ettal, Mpheta, pamal, Pantall, Patak, Patala, Patlak, Patzak, peall, peata, peetle, pentil, pentl, peral, perta, pestal, peta, petai, Petel, petia, petil, Petley, peto, petral, petu, petual, petzl, pexal, pheta, piral, Pitak, pital, pitar, pitol, pittel, Pitzl, poeta, potal, Potala, Potel, Potell, Pottall, pretell, Puttalam, pyttyll. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "petal" (pronounced pe"tul) |
| 4 | -e" t u l | betel, kettle, metal, mettle, nettle, resettle, settle, unsettle. |
| 3 | -t u l | infantile, infertile, accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, scuttle, sentimental, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: leapt, lepta, palet, plate, pleat, tepal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-p-t" | |
-1 letter: late, leap, lept, pale, pate, peal, peat, pelt, plat, plea, tael, tale, tape, teal, tela, tepa. | |
-2 letters: ale, alp, alt, ape, apt, ate, eat, eta, lap, lat, lea, let, pal, pat, pea, pet, tae, tap, tea, tel. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, at, el, et, la, pa, pe, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-p-t" | |
+1 letter: aplite, caplet, lappet, palate, palest, palets, pallet, palter, pastel, pelota, petals, placet, planet, plated, platen, plater, plates, pleats, septal, staple, tepals. | |
+2 letters: adeptly, amplest, apetaly, aplenty, aplites, apostle, apteral, beleapt, capelet, caplets, chaplet, ectypal, epaulet, explant, fleapit, haplite, heeltap, lappets, outleap, palates, paletot, palette, paliest, pallets, palmate, palpate, palters, pantile, partlet, pastels, patella, peartly, pelotas, peltast, peltate, penalty, persalt, petaled, petrale, peytral, pileate, placate, placets, placket, plaited, plaiter, planate, planets, planted, planter, plaster, platane, plateau, platens, platers, platier, platies, platted, platter, playlet, pleated, pleater, plectra, plicate, plumate, polecat, polenta, potable, prattle, prelate, prolate, psalter, pteryla, pulsate, replant, replate, spatzle, stapled, stapler, staples, tadpole, taliped, talipes, tapetal, taphole, templar, trample, typable, upleapt. | |
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