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petal

[ UK /pˈɛtə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛtəɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored

How To Use petal In A Sentence

  • Down below, a mass of brank-ursine formed as it were a pedestal, from the midst of which sprang scarlet geum, rhodanthe with stiff petals, and clarkia with great white carved crosses, that looked like the insignia of some barbarous order. La faute de l'Abbe Mouret
  • The petals were so dry and apery that they crumbled at the first touch. The Seventh Scroll
  • Why don't you share the choccies and champers with Sandy and Jules, my reneging little Petal?
  • Another feature of interest is the rarity with which axillary prolification is found in irregular gamopetalous blooms. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • Lily picked Petal up and put her back in the tote.
  • These columbines have bell-shaped flowers, spurred petals, and self-coloured tepals.
  • Petal length was measured as the length of the petal from its apex to its adaxial junction with the receptacle.
  • Other fumitories have the tip of the lower petal like a spoon in that it is hollowed out, but the actual outline from directly above or below is parallel-sided.
  • The two adaxial sepals are formed in succession, and the two abaxial petals become visible.
  • One night, after sampling a strange concoction made from the rose petals collected from Croxleys Wood, Geoff encounters the beautiful Rosemary.
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