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pet⋅al⋅ine

   [pet-l-in, -ahyn]
–adjective
pertaining to or resembling a petal.
Origin:
1785–95; < NL petalinus. See petal, -ine 1
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pet·al·ine     (pět'l-ĭn, -īn')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of or resembling a petal.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Petaline

Pet"al*ine\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]talin.] (Bot.) Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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