petal
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- n part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
- No Japanese except royalty may use the full or 16-petal chrysanthemum device, but with fewer petals the chrysanthemum figures in countless Japanese designs, supposedly lucky.
- He stares at the rose that is tattooed on her arm and sees a real petal fall off.
- It was bad enough luck that one of the mounds of fabric was bunched up in front of a petal; far worse that it was the one petal that was supposed to allow the rover egress.