petalledpetaledadj.
/ˈpɛtld/, U.S. /ˈpɛdld/ 1. Having petals of a specified kind or number. Usually in parasynthetic compounds, as crimson-petalled, large-petalled, six-petalled, etc.
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1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 216 From the Bosom of its Leaves..come small, five petal'd yellowish Flowers like other Lyciums.
1764 J. Hill Veg. Syst. VII. 36 One petaled plants.
1783 in tr. Syst. Veg. p. xxxiv Claw,..the inferior part of a many-petal'd corol fix'd to the receptacle.
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy i. 51 The ripe-cheeked fruits, the crimson-petalled flowers.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 44 Viola... Flowers often dimorphic, the large-petalled flowering early..; the small-petalled or apetalous flower late.
1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 507/2 Amid a blaze of azaleas and gorgeous velvet-petalled pelargoniums.
1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes iii. 30 All the sagittarias produce three-petalled, white flowers.
1995 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Nov. 702 The Lower Border holds a selection of modern, multi-petalled lilacs introduced by the late Father John Fiala.
2. Having petals or something resembling petals; provided or adorned with petals. Also: formed like or resembling a petal or petals.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with flowers
flowereda1375
enflowered1523
gaily flowered1730
petalled1793
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals
foliaceous1658
monopetalous1687
pentapetalous1687
polypetalous1687
hose-in-hose1688
monopetalose1693
pentapetalose1693
tetrapetalose1694
tetrapetalous1697
tripetalose1698
tripetalous1704
hexapetalous1707
petalous1719
petaloid1720
planipetalous1730
petaline1783
petaliform1788
petalled1793
polypetal1803
hexapetaloid1813
hexapetaloideous1830
tripetaloid1830
tripetaloideous1830
unipetalous1831
petaliferous1847
macropetalous1857
sympetalous1870
apopetalous1875
anisopetalous1880
petally1888
thread-petalled1899
thousand-petalled1951
decapetalous-
synpetalous-
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. O7v Petalodes flos, a petalled flower.
1862 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 8 Betwixt ten thousand petall'd lips.
1929 G. C. Allen Oxf. Poetry 1 Let's pick the petals of all joy apart, And launch them uncontrolled on the wind-stream With gleam of petalled gold.
1987 Independent 17 Sept. 12/1 Mandy Rice-Davis, pert and pretty in her debutante's petalled hat.
1994 W. Gaddis Frolic of his Own 337 The ovarylike repository of the petaled temptress down the way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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