'Petal' definitions:

Definition of 'petal'

(from WordNet)
noun
Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored [syn: petal, flower petal]

Definition of 'Petal'

From: GCIDE
  • Petal \Pet"al\ (p[e^]t"al; 277), n. [Gr. pe`talon a leaf, a leaf or plate of metal, fr. pe`talos outspread, broad, flat: cf. F. p['e]tale. See Fathom.]
  • 1. (Bot.) One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini. [1913 Webster]

Petal, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Petal, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi
Population (2000) :
7579
Housing Units (2000) :
3208
Land area (2000) :
9.670087 sq. miles (25.045409 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.015214 sq. miles (0.039404 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
9.685301 sq. miles (25.084813 sq. km)
FIPS code :
56800
Located within :
Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location :
31.346740 N, 89.255485 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
39465
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.