Definition of PETAL

Other words from petal

petaled or petalled \ˈpe-tᵊld

\ adjective

petallike \ˈpe-tᵊl-ˌ(l)īk

\ adjective

Examples of petal in a Sentence

flowers with pink and white petals

Recent Examples on the Web

Imagine flower petals cut from paper and then pinned together: that’s what inspired the new Paper Flowers collection, which includes both fine and high jewelry designs. — The Cut, "Why “Tiffany Blue” Was All Over Instagram This Month," 18 May 2018 Like all of its mustard-family relatives, the flowers of Draba verna (also Erophila verna) have four petals. — Dave Taft, New York Times, "A Spring Frost? Or Are Those Flowers?," 19 Apr. 2018 April 28, 2018 Richie posts a photo of Disick on a bed with rose petals in the shape of a heart. — Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "A Timeline of Scott Disick and Sofia Richie's Relationship," 6 June 2018 Double have dense centers that look like petals, but are transformed stamens. — OregonLive.com, "How to clear soil choked with old roots: Ask an expert," 6 June 2018 On a garden, its wet petals still Clustered shy of being individual, Its people optimistic on their paths, Reciting from the spontaneity Minor roles can blossom. — Anne Mette Lundtofte, The New Yorker, "Fidelio," 8 Mar. 2018 Afraid of elephants, who could lift a man and pluck his limbs like petals from a daisy. — Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, "Dog Sledder Blair Braverman on Learning to Live With Lions and Pythons," 8 Mar. 2018 It is laid with plates that rise a few inches off the table, as if levitating, each one sumptuously painted with wings or petals or licks of flame emanating from a glowing center: variations on the vulva. — Sasha Weiss, New York Times, "Judy Chicago, the Godmother," 7 Feb. 2018 Harvest equal amounts lemon verbena leaves and petals of rose and calendula. — Sunset, "Grow Your Own Herbal Tea Garden," 22 Jan. 2018

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