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pedal (PED'l) (noun)
1. The foot treadle or leaver that is pressed down to activate the attached machinery: Trisha pumped the pedal of the organ so it could be played.
The pedal on his grandmother's sewing machine was fun for Andrew to use.
2. A lever set in motion for circular drive; treadle: When using her grandmother's old sewing machine, Bonita used her right foot to press on the pedal which made the whole thing work.pedal (PED'l) (verb)
To operate a bicycle using the feet: Josie was going to pedal her bicycle home but she was too tired and decided to push it instead.
peddle (PED'l) (verb)
To travel from place to place with items for sale: Doug's aunt used to peddle household cleaning products in the neighborhood by going from house to house.
petal (PET'l) (noun)
One of the leaves of a flower: The pink petal from the rosebush fell off and was floating on a puddle of water.
After Jeremy decided to peddle the produce from his garden in town, he realized he would have to pedal his bicycle up the hill and as he brushed next to the rosebushes, he discovered some pink petals on his pants.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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ped-, pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia
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petal
Any of the component parts, or leaves, of a corolla [the inner floral leaves of a flower].
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petalo-, petal-
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(Greek: leaf; from the adjective petalos, "flat, spread out")