noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
rose
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And then he kissed the rose petals , wiped the dew from her lips.
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The vows have been said, the cake cut, the rose petals thrown.
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Between these, a hundred jellyfish as delicate and as translucent as rose petals pulsate like butterflies.
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It even tells you how to make a rosary out of rose petals and water and salt and oil paint.
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If you press rose petals too heavily they are quite useless, losing their colour and becoming transparent.
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Cherries turn up again in a buttermilk pudding tricked out with rose petals and violets.
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She had the sweet sadness of a rose petal fluttering to the ground.
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Young blackcurrant leaves, borage flowers, rose petals can all be included.
white
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They have a yellow centre and white petals which are often pink at the tips.
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By the time the white petals died and the mint-colored berry poked out, the leaf shine was gilded tight and waxy.
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Attractive blossoms with mauve and white petals which blend and merge into one another.
■ NOUN
flower
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I daresay your brother was like my daughter, a pretty little flower petal bobbing along.
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Garnish with flower petals , if available.
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Sometimes the streets are decorated with flower petals , although this custom is dying out.
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From the pocket at the side a small flower petal was peeping out.
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Often they add flower petals or tiny fragments of down or lichen to give the construction body.
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A butterfly would have exerted more pressure alighting on a flower petal .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And eventually you'd notice that it had petals around the horizon.
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He shed tears the way a flower sheds petals, they fell to the ground, lay scattered round his feet.
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His portrait and chair have been garlanded with marigolds and strewn with crimson rose petals.
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It even tells you how to make a rosary out of rose petals and water and salt and oil paint.
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Rose petals are too strong; they curl and will not stick on to the clay.
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Sometimes the streets are decorated with flower petals, although this custom is dying out.
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The small brass starburst in the center of the face seems somewhat ornamental, like a tiny flower with eight petals.