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How to pronounce “petal”

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Pronunciation guide for petal

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of petal with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
An artist's unflinching look at racial violencereveals each petal to be the cross-section of a slave ship.
Definition summary
(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

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How to pronounce petal

An artist's unflinching look at racial violence

reveals each petal to be the cross-section of a slave ship.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “petal”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
  • (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The labia (majora).
  • Term of endearment.
  • (geometry) A lobe of a rose (geometric shape).
  • [Verb]
  • (ambitransitive) To spread out from, like the petals of a flower

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