different between petal vs fimbriate

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (pétalon), from ??????? (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth?- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pand? and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?tl?/
• Rhymes: -?t(?)l
• Homophones: peddle, pedal (in accents with flapping)
• Hyphenation: pet?al

Noun

petal (plural petals)

1. (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.
2. Term of endearment.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• sepal
• tepal

Verb

petal (third-person singular simple present petals, present participle petaling, simple past and past participle petaled)

1. To spread out from, like the petals of a flower

Anagrams

• Patel, Plate, leapt, lepta, palet, pelta, plate, platé, pleat, tepal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fimbri?tus (“fibrous, fringed”), from fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”) +? -?tus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (adjective) /?f?m.b?i.?t/, (verb) /?f?m.b?i.e?t/

Adjective

fimbriate (not comparable)

1. (biology) Fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions.

   Synonym: fimbriated

Verb

fimbriate (third-person singular simple present fimbriates, present participle fimbriating, simple past and past participle fimbriated)

1. To hem; to fringe.
   • 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre

     besides the divers tricking or dressing, as piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping

Derived terms

• fimbriated
• fimbriation

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fim.bri?a?.te/, [f?mb?i?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fim.bri?a.te/, [fimb?i???t??]

Adjective

fimbri?te

1. vocative masculine singular of fimbri?tus