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  • noun Plural form of petal.

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Examples

  • Debbie also included this useful bit of information, Another use for the petals is as a gentle bruise juice (healing the bruise, that is).

    Incredible Edible – Calendula « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

  • I'm sure Joe Biden will be showered with rose petals from the lefties.

    Biden to appear on 'The View' 2010

  • I've plucked off some of the rose petals from the flower Biri gave me last night.

    Doing things a girl should do Jerine 2009

  • The force of the downpour removed the petals from the poppies.

    It's raining cats and dogs The Nag 2009

  • And the book, also paradoxically, while falling me in love with lush lyricism (just like everyone else), was actually what put me on the road towards a more stripped down prose ... because once Garcia-Marquez has rained petals from the sky to mourn the death of a patriarch, what more can I or anyone do?

    Top Ten Novels 2007

  • And the book, also paradoxically, while falling me in love with lush lyricism (just like everyone else), was actually what put me on the road towards a more stripped down prose ... because once Garcia-Marquez has rained petals from the sky to mourn the death of a patriarch, what more can I or anyone do?

    SeeLight: 2007

  • It is true that I am a person who prefers, most of the time, to remain petals-closed.

    The Great Escape 2005

  • It is true that I am a person who prefers, most of the time, to remain petals-closed.

    The Great Escape 2005

  • A cross of marigold petals is formed on the floor so that as the spirit approaches the alter, he will step on the cross and expel his guilt.

    Los Dias de los Muertos (the Days of the Dead) 2003

  • A cross of marigold petals is formed on the floor so that as the spirit approaches the alter, he will step on the cross and expel his guilt.

    Los Dias de los Muertos (the Days of the Dead) 2003

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