A spider lily reflecting so much light that the texture of the petals is washed out. Or is that petal singular?
What is a petal? According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the history of the meaning of the term is:
1726, from Mod.L. petalum “petal” (1649), from Gk. petalon “leaf, thin plate,” originally neut. of adj. petalos “outspread, broad, flat,” from PIE base *pet- “to spread out.”
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