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means The soft, colored leaf-like part of a rose flower, often fragrant, that surrounds the bloom's reproductive core.

from 'Rose' traces back through Old English and Old French to Latin 'rosa,' likely borrowed from Greek 'rhodon,' with roots possibly reaching further back into an ancient Iranian word for the flower — one of the many clues that roses and their name traveled west along old trade routes. 'Petal' is younger and more scholarly: it comes from Greek 'petalon,' meaning 'leaf' or 'something spread out flat,' entering English in the 18th century through botanical Latin as scientists needed a precise word for the flower-leaf distinct from the leaves of the stem.