noun

• Each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and are typically colored.

  ‘In several species the flowers never close, as the petals abscise when the flower is still open.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Closed flowers were stripped of sepals, petals and anthers just prior to stigma maturity.’
  • ‘Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal.’
  • ‘Next to one of the trees was a flower with blue petals and a yellow stem and leaves.’
  • ‘In these flowers, the anthers are attached to the petals by short filaments half way down the corolla tube.’
  • ‘In the flower type with attractive petals, the insects are trapped almost immediately.’
  • ‘A floral meristem gives rise in sequence to sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels.’
  • ‘The two adaxial sepals are formed in succession, and the two abaxial petals become visible.’
  • ‘Beside the stream she found a patch of flowers with silvery green leaves and golden petals.’
  • ‘They accepted the obeisance when temple priests showered flower petals on them.’
  • ‘Its yellow flowers with sharply reflexed petals have many black speckles.’
  • ‘You just need a couple of roses, which give about ten petals per flower.’
  • ‘The groom's brother douses the newlyweds with flower petals at the end of the ceremony.’
  • ‘The cremated remains will be scattered over the open sea along with flower petals.’
  • ‘Inside, bright streamers dangled form the ceiling as flower petals decorated the floor.’
  • ‘The blossoms vary in shape from simple open bowls to flowers with exquisitely recurved petals.’
  • ‘Flower petals were thrown from the rooftops and everyone cheered for the soldiers.’
  • ‘The inner petals of each flower are tall and thin, held above and around the stamens like a crown.’
  • ‘Within a given species it is possible to predict exactly when a bud will open and how rapidly the petals will senesce.’
  • ‘The differentiated epidermal cells toward the base of the petal are large and elongated, having extremely large nuclei.’