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Definition of Flower petal
1. Noun. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.
Generic synonyms: Floral Leaf
Group relationships: Corolla
Derivative terms: Petalous
Definition of Flower petal
1. Noun. A flower petal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flower Petal
Literary usage of Flower petal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inmates of My House and Garden by Eliza (Elder) Brightwen (1895)
"She picks a scarlet flower petal, and I am not sure but it may be poisonous and
bad for her, so, like a careful mother, I take it out of her beak. ..."
2. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"The lobe of the disk-flower petal (Fig. 8) is papillate at the end, the terminal
cells have thick outer and thin inner walls. The filament tissue (Fig. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The flower-petal or the artist's pigment matched with the spectrum is the only
proper medium through which to convey an adequate knowledge of a given hue to ..."
4. The Florist and Garden Miscellany (1850)
"... maroon, tipped white, deep flower, petal a little pointed ; very showy. 4 ft.
Hermina (Mohring), red, tipped distinctly with white ; petals long, ..."
5. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"By no possibility can we obtain a Hue color which is as bright as white, either
in the paint box or on the flower petal. ..."
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