Petal
noun
A colored part of a flower that it uses to attract bees and other insects.
The petals of a rose are often red or pink in color.
Often appears as...
- rose petal
- petal fall
noun
A colored part of a flower that it uses to attract bees and other insects.
The petals of a rose are often red or pink in color.
Often appears as...
- rose petal
- petal fall
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'petal' to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind about the appearance of flowers.
The garden was a tapestry of colors, with each petal contributing its unique shade.
Pro Tip 2/3Countable Noun
'Petal' is countable; talk about one petal or multiple petals to indicate quantity.
She plucked a single petal from the tulip.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Context
Use 'petal' alongside adjectives to describe its color, shape, texture, or condition for more detail.
Velvety petals covered the surface of the water.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'petal' to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind about the appearance of flowers.
The garden was a tapestry of colors, with each petal contributing its unique shade.
Pro Tip 2/3Countable Noun
'Petal' is countable; talk about one petal or multiple petals to indicate quantity.
She plucked a single petal from the tulip.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Context
Use 'petal' alongside adjectives to describe its color, shape, texture, or condition for more detail.
Velvety petals covered the surface of the water.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'petal' to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind about the appearance of flowers.
The garden was a tapestry of colors, with each petal contributing its unique shade.
Pro Tip 2/3Countable Noun
'Petal' is countable; talk about one petal or multiple petals to indicate quantity.
She plucked a single petal from the tulip.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Context
Use 'petal' alongside adjectives to describe its color, shape, texture, or condition for more detail.
Velvety petals covered the surface of the water.
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Is math discovered or...
And Fibonacci stumbled upon his famous sequence while looking at the growth of an idealized rabbit population. Mankind later found the sequence everywhere in nature, from sunflower seeds and flower petal arrangements, to the structure of a pineapple, even the branching of bronchi in the lungs.
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The complex geometry of...
One with eight petals is part of the fourfold category, and so on. There's another secret ingredient in these an underlying grid. Invisible, but essential to every pattern, the grid helps determine the scale of the composition before work begins, keeps the pattern accurate,
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The pleasure of poetic...
And we delight in those aspects everyday, in the rhythm of a song, the beat of the drum, the nod of your head, or in the repetition of soup cans, the rows of an orchard, the artistry of petals. Pattern can be pleasure. In language, rhythm and repetition are often used
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The sexual deception of...
They have such exuberant and otherworldly shapes that they occasionally deceive human senses, In their petals we see what appear to be tiny, dancing people, monkey’s faces, spiders, and even birds in flight.
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What really matters at...
fellow residents, family, nurses, volunteers, the hearse drivers too, now -- shares a story or a song or silence, as we sprinkle the body with flower petals. It takes a few minutes;
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Rediscovering ourselves...
leaves and the withered petals and the waters from your fountain and the wind left and my soul wept and said what have you done with the garden that was
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This Man’s Words Will...
pleasure of murmuring winged creature each petal of rain like you or me each golden home Center a heart like mine a raid in unpretentious glory
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
soon their blues unfurl as the petals of these strange shaped flowers drop off seed pots begin to form
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Corpse Flower Stinks of...
its petals are the colour of blood their surface is tough and warty it appears to have fur
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Caterpillars Feeding on...
Soon their blooms unfurl. As the petals of these strange-shaped flowers drop off,
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Is math discovered or...
And Fibonacci stumbled upon his famous sequence while looking at the growth of an idealized rabbit population. Mankind later found the sequence everywhere in nature, from sunflower seeds and flower petal arrangements, to the structure of a pineapple, even the branching of bronchi in the lungs.
Video examples
The complex geometry of...
One with eight petals is part of the fourfold category, and so on. There's another secret ingredient in these an underlying grid. Invisible, but essential to every pattern, the grid helps determine the scale of the composition before work begins, keeps the pattern accurate,
Video examples
The pleasure of poetic...
And we delight in those aspects everyday, in the rhythm of a song, the beat of the drum, the nod of your head, or in the repetition of soup cans, the rows of an orchard, the artistry of petals. Pattern can be pleasure. In language, rhythm and repetition are often used
Video examples
The sexual deception of...
They have such exuberant and otherworldly shapes that they occasionally deceive human senses, In their petals we see what appear to be tiny, dancing people, monkey’s faces, spiders, and even birds in flight.
Video examples
What really matters at...
fellow residents, family, nurses, volunteers, the hearse drivers too, now -- shares a story or a song or silence, as we sprinkle the body with flower petals. It takes a few minutes;
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Rediscovering ourselves...
leaves and the withered petals and the waters from your fountain and the wind left and my soul wept and said what have you done with the garden that was
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This Man’s Words Will...
pleasure of murmuring winged creature each petal of rain like you or me each golden home Center a heart like mine a raid in unpretentious glory
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
soon their blues unfurl as the petals of these strange shaped flowers drop off seed pots begin to form
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Corpse Flower Stinks of...
its petals are the colour of blood their surface is tough and warty it appears to have fur
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Caterpillars Feeding on...
Soon their blooms unfurl. As the petals of these strange-shaped flowers drop off,
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Trey Songz
American Musician
I once took the key off my girlfriend's key ring so that I could surprise her when she got home. So I did this whole romantic setup in our bedroom with flowers and rose petals. She was so mad when she got home, but then when she walked in, she was so surprised.
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Rachel Khoo
British Chef
I admit it, I do like pickled red onion. I made some the other day. You just slice up the onion, pull it apart and you get these petals and you make a pickling liquid, I make mine sweet and sour.
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Ashley Greene
American Actress
Don't throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they're completely in love with me.
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Bianca Del Rio
American Entertainer
Back in the day, when a man in a wig had to 'lip sync for their life,' they relied on a wig reveal, rose petals or picking up their opponent and twirling them around.
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Danny Meyer
American Businessman
Some people are near- or farsighted - I'm thorn-sighted. The thorns on the rose are in really sharp definition for me, the rose petals a little fuzzier.
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John Rocha
Chinese Designer
At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money.
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Kaitlyn Bristowe
Canadian Entertainer
Lipstick is so feminine, but there's nothing worse than having a dark merlot stain on a fresh coat of petal pink lipstick.
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Bethenny Frankel
American Businesswoman
You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.
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Olivier Theyskens
Belgian Designer
Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet
By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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Trey Songz
American Musician
I once took the key off my girlfriend's key ring so that I could surprise her when she got home. So I did this whole romantic setup in our bedroom with flowers and rose petals. She was so mad when she got home, but then when she walked in, she was so surprised.
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Rachel Khoo
British Chef
I admit it, I do like pickled red onion. I made some the other day. You just slice up the onion, pull it apart and you get these petals and you make a pickling liquid, I make mine sweet and sour.
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Ashley Greene
American Actress
Don't throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they're completely in love with me.
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Bianca Del Rio
American Entertainer
Back in the day, when a man in a wig had to 'lip sync for their life,' they relied on a wig reveal, rose petals or picking up their opponent and twirling them around.
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Danny Meyer
American Businessman
Some people are near- or farsighted - I'm thorn-sighted. The thorns on the rose are in really sharp definition for me, the rose petals a little fuzzier.
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John Rocha
Chinese Designer
At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money.
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Kaitlyn Bristowe
Canadian Entertainer
Lipstick is so feminine, but there's nothing worse than having a dark merlot stain on a fresh coat of petal pink lipstick.
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Bethenny Frankel
American Businesswoman
You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.
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Olivier Theyskens
Belgian Designer
Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Indian Poet
By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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