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Meanings of
petal
in English
Portuguese
pétala
Catalan
pètal
Spanish
pétalo
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Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.
flower petal
Portuguese
pétala
Usage of
petal
in English
1
Moment by moment,
petal
by
petal
,
my heart comes into full blossom.
2
Each
fairy
-
petal
blushed with June fire; the frail leaves were exquisitely green.
3
Fold the edges of the
petal
to meet at the lower end.
4
It was a work of astonishing delicacy, each
petal
perfect and distinct.
5
Put the vial under the lower
petal
,
and simply tip the blossom.
6
Surprisingly, the rose
petal
and lotus leaf replicas manifest similar impact dynamics.
7
The top
petal
-
the
blue
one-suddenlybroke into a seething wave of flame.
8
And then a hand soft as a falling
petal
touched his brow.
9
He shrugged his shoulders and put a torn-off
petal
between his teeth.
10
She gathered up the amber byne, all prickling quick and
petal
kind.
11
As she watched, a horsefly landed on a bright blue
petal
.
12
One afternoon, strolling through, she plucked a gardenia
petal
and ate it.
13
With her slender fingers, she grasped a
petal
and pulled it out.
14
She lacked the latter's lustrous pallor, the
petal
-
like
richness of Gheta's skin.
15
He is tiny and his skin is
petal
soft, pale like mine.
16
Hell, I still think all the rose
petal
business is woozily beautiful.
Other examples for "petal"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
petal
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
last petal
blue petal
white petal
petal by petal
color petal
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Translations for
petal
Portuguese
pétala
Catalan
pètal
Spanish
pétalo
petalo
Petal
through the time
Petal
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common