Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
petal or some aspect of one.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a petal
Etymologies
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petal + -like
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Examples
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With his remaining hand, he pointed to the inner surface of one of the petallike plates that had made up that empty chest.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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The top promptly splayed open, revealing six petallike appurtenances, each of which boasted four strings running from the outside rim down into the center of the "flower."
Glory Lane Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987
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