flower petal

1. 1.

   part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

   Synonymspetal

   Broaderfloral leaf

   Part ofcorolla

Questions about flower petal

What does flower petal mean?

flower petal means "part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored".

What is another word for flower petal?

Close synonyms include petal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flower petal a common word?

flower petal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.