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Definition of the day : « petals »
- As in leaf : noun green foliage of plant
- As in calyx : noun whorl on flower
- The flowers slowly opened their petals, the birds began to sing.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- It was they who first questioned the petals of flowers for their lovers' loyalty.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Its leaves are heavy and sad-looking, and its petals are made of the setting sun.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- This type of flower is much prized by those who like regularity of petals.
- Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
- Sometimes the petals are separate from each other, and sometimes all fastened together.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various
- This species is so called from its likeness to the petals of a flower.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- Then leaf by leaf it dropped its petals until only an incandescent core was left.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- The petals are separated only at the base and fall off without expanding.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- These are made the same, covering the slice of bread and butter with the petals of the violet.
- Extract from : « Sandwiches » by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer
- The petals, five in number, are often joined together at the base.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson