(Of flowers) having five petals.
1 Flowers not very large, five - petalled , and of a pleasing bright yellow colour.
2 The flag of Hong Kong features a distinctive five - petalled white flower on a red background.
3 It was of gold, and upon it there was an exquisitely modelled, five - petalled little flower in vivid red enamel.
4 Many-petalled roses are but the result of the scientific culture of the five - petalled rose of the hedgerow, the wild product of nature.
5 The flag of Hong Kong features a distinctive five - petalled white flower on a red background This process is called "grafting".
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