Definition of Flower petal

1. Noun. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.

Exact synonyms: Petal
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

flower bud
flower chain
flower child
flower children
flower cluster
flower deluce
flower flies
flower fly
flower garden
flower gardening
flower girl
flower girls
flower head
flower heads
flower people
flower petal (current term)
flower petals
flower power
flower stalk
flower sticks
flower store
flowerage
flowerages
flowerbed
flowerbeds
flowerbox
flowerboxes
flowered
flowerer
flowerers

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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