different between petal vs quilled

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

quill +? -ed

Adjective

quilled (comparative more quilled, superlative most quilled)

1. Having quills or similar structures.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act III, Scene I:

     In Ireland have I seen this stubborn Cade

     Oppose himself against a troop of kerns,

     And fought so long till that his thighs with darts

     Were almost like a sharp-quill'd porpentine;

   • 2010, T. Lloyd Winetsky, Maria Juana's Gift: A Novel, Sunstone Press (2010), ?ISBN, page 148:

     He leaned down to inspect a white-quilled cactus, and then spotted a different kind with skinnier branches and only a few drab spines.

   • 2011, Alesa Corrin, Jonathan: The Griffin Prince, AuthorHouse (2011), ?ISBN, page 234:

     A quilled lionfish was face to face with a saurian moray eel, sizing it up before swimming on.

2. (of a flower) Having long, narrow petals or florets.
   • 1889, William Robinson, The English Flower Garden: Style, Position, And Arrangement, John Murray (1899), page 291:

     In the wild state the flowers are single—that is to say, only the outer florets are strap-shaped, and usually of a rosy-lilac tint, with yellowish disc florets; but under cultivation, all the florets have become ligulate or quilled […]

3. Created through the process of quilling.
4. (of fabric) Having small, rounded folds.
   • 1844, Louisa Stuart Costello, Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen, Volume 1, R. Bentley (1844), page 169:

     Round the throat is a ruff of white muslin, quilled in large reverse plaids; […]

   • 1909, Henry C. Shelley, Inns and Taverns of Old London, L.C. Page and Company (1909):

     He insensibly began to alter his appearance; his cravat seemed quilled into a ruff, and his breeches swelled out into a farlingale. I now fancied him changing sexes; and as my eyes began to close in slumber, I imagined my fat landlord actually converted into as fat a landlady.

5. Decorated with quillwork.

Verb

quilled

1. simple past tense and past participle of quill