FLOWER PETAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flower petal mean? 

• FLOWER PETAL (noun)
  The noun FLOWER PETAL has 1 sense:

1. part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

  Familiarity information: FLOWER PETAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWER PETAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flower petal; petal

Hypernyms ("flower petal" is a kind of...):

floral leaf (a modified leaf that is part of a flower)

Holonyms ("flower petal" is a part of...):

corolla ((botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth)