From petal + -wise. <span class="searchmatch">petalwise</span> (not comparable) In the manner of a petal or petals. 1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page...
fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust <span class="searchmatch">petalwise</span> around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces. 2013,...