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Tweet suff. Moving toward: basipetal. [From New Latin -petus, from Latin petere, to seek; see pet- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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n. One of the often brightly colored parts of a flower immediately surrounding the reproductive organs; a division of the corolla. petaled, petalled adj. |
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