Definitions
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- adjective (of flowers) having five petals
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Examples
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The toto, a small five-petalled white flower that grows in the rainy season, is worked into embroidered patterns with different petals, according to the taste of the individual artist.
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The toto, a small five-petalled white flower that grows in the rainy season, is worked into embroidered patterns with different petals, according to the taste of the individual artist.
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The toto, a small five-petalled white flower that grows in the rainy season, is worked into embroidered patterns with different petals, according to the taste of the individual artist.
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The simpler the rose, in its pentangle, five-petalled form, the more complex its spirit.
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The toto, a small five-petalled white flower that grows in the rainy season, is worked into embroidered patterns with different petals, according to the taste of the individual artist.
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The moment I saw the mourning brooch, matte black, a five-petalled flower (Forget-me-not?), I tried to skip past it.
The Child Who Loved Emily Dickinson Bernard Glassman 2010
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The stalk bears sturdy, bright yellow, five-petalled flowers, closely packed along the upper part of the stem.
The insects come for our intrepid blogger and his husband. Will 2009
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The Iwasaki crest is a stylized five-petalled bellflower.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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The Iwasaki crest is a stylized five-petalled bellflower.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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At the top of the tall stems are large clusters of small five-petalled flowers, creamy-white.
Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke
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