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It can be used when referring to the individual segments of a flower that are often colorful and attract pollinators. Example: "The garden was filled with vibrant petals, creating a stunning display of colors."
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petals
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Plural of petal
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A local mix of ten spices and herbs including turmeric, cloves, dried rose petals and cinnamon makes meals exemplary.
The last time we see Emmanuelle Riva in Amour, she's lying pale and lifeless on a double bed, petals strewn about her head, the lights turned down low and the shutters closed.
And there they were, yellowish-green combs whose spherical tips mimicked glistening nectar droplets, arrayed between the stamens and the petals.
"We devised a structure of petals on tall stems, which would travel from all of the participating countries, then be brought into the stadium by children.
There is a moment when the young cheerleader, with whom Lester has decided he is in love, opens her blouse and scores of rose petals cascade out.
The red tulips in my small patio garden have finally shown their petals.
Make discs of melted chocolate on the paper and scatter each one with chopped pistachios, sugared almonds, sea salt flakes and rose petals or candied peel.
The petals would be assembled during the opening ceremony to form a flower-like canopy, and distributed back to the different nations after the Games".
As the polished copper petals of Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron rose up to form a striking flaming dandelion last July, gasps of awe and wonder echoed around the world at the structure's startling originality.
Eventually we located one whose alabaster petals had spread wide.
Look no further for Lolita complexes, simmering marital contempt and that slow-motion shot of rose petals fluttering from Mena Suvari's ceiling-height suspended naked body.
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