petalwise

adv

petalwise

adv

Etymology From petal + -wise.

1

In the manner of a petal or petals.

She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14:

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