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petals

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for petals.

Editorial note

Instead of petals, they should make a small clip that attaches to the end of your shoe.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Term of endearment.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of petals gathered in one view.

noun

Term of endearment.

noun

(euphemistic, hypocoristic) The labia (majora).

noun

(geometry) A lobe of a rose (geometric shape).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for petals.

noun

Term of endearment.

noun

(euphemistic, hypocoristic) The labia (majora).

noun

(geometry) A lobe of a rose (geometric shape).

noun

(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.

Example sentences

1

Instead of petals, they should make a small clip that attaches to the end of your shoe.

2

If the lid opened allowing one of the petals to unfurl and break off during landing I wouldn't expect the rest of the petals to unfurl perfectly.

3

At times wind from the burning would drift dark kites along and riders on the carousel caught petals in midair.

4

After reading the description regarding incomplete petal opening, it appears that one of the petals separated.

5

After becoming stationary, the 'lid' would flip open and the round solar petals would unfurl.

6

Fairly certain of the following: Nautilus shells and sunflower petals are consistently logarithmic spirals, not golden spirals, and deviate from the golden ratio.

7

I would sooner believe a little story on bees identifying flowers through detection of differently charged petals.

8

Feeding marigold petals will darken a yolk pretty well, nothing artificial there.

9

It starts with hardware (Type Matrix, Kinesis) and hardware accessories (petals, extenders).

10

If you want a rich, golden yolk, feed them marigold petals.

11

This should be the name of the pigment that imbues those cheap bunches of flowers at the local deli with their artificially bright neon petals.

12

Like why does a rose need so many petals eh?

Quote examples

1

If, hypothetically, I created a rose breed that naturally gilded its own petals, I guarantee that everyone would describe that as "growing".

2

I've seen someone say they use "Petals around the Rose" game to learn.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use petals in a sentence?

Instead of petals, they should make a small clip that attaches to the end of your shoe.

What does petals mean?

Term of endearment.

What part of speech is petals?

petals is commonly used as noun.