petal
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In several species the flowers never close, as the petals abscise when the flower is still open.
each of the segments of the corolla of a flower, which are modified leaves and are typically colored.
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The differentiated epidermal cells toward the base of the 'petal' are large and elongated, having extremely large nuclei.
rose 'petal'
Another good idea was Euphorbia - garden varieties are grown not for the flowers, but for the attractive 'petallike' bracts that surround them.
They accepted the obeisance when temple priests showered flower 'petals' on them.
Its yellow flowers with sharply reflexed 'petals' have many black speckles.
Closed flowers were stripped of sepals, 'petals' and anthers just prior to stigma maturity.
A floral meristem gives rise in sequence to sepals, 'petals' , stamens, and carpels.
The inner 'petals' of each flower are tall and thin, held above and around the stamens like a crown.
In the flower type with attractive 'petals' , the insects are trapped almost immediately.
In these flowers, the anthers are attached to the 'petals' by short filaments half way down the corolla tube.
The flower is protandrous and presents an unusual sophisticated morphology: the pistil has an umbrella shape with the stigma at the angles, tightly enclosed by the bracts, 'petaloid' sepals and petals.
Beside the stream she found a patch of flowers with silvery green leaves and golden 'petals' .
Their flower clusters differ from lacecaps in that some varieties produce sterile flowers with 'petallike' sepals, while others bear smaller fertile flowers with starry petals.
The two adaxial sepals are formed in succession, and the two abaxial 'petals' become visible.
Within a given species it is possible to predict exactly when a bud will open and how rapidly the 'petals' will senesce.
Even the number of 'petals' on a flower can change after leaf removal.
The cremated remains will be scattered over the open sea along with flower 'petals' .
The sepals (the 'petallike' outer parts of the flower) are ivory white, and the petals are golden yellow.
Flowers of Nigella have a conspicuous perianth, differentiated into an outer whorl of five white, 'petaloid' sepals and an inner whorl of eight, stalked nectaries.
It is a family of predominantly annual and perennial herbs with a semi-succulent habitus, which can be easily distinguished from other balsaminoids by its zygomorphic flowers with a spurred 'petaloid' sepal.
In several species the flowers never close, as the 'petals' abscise when the flower is still open.
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.
Next to one of the trees was a flower with blue 'petals' and a yellow stem and leaves.
In the third whorl the stamens have 'petaloid' cells on their filaments and no homeotic transformation is observed.
Inside, bright streamers dangled form the ceiling as flower 'petals' decorated the floor.
You just need a couple of roses, which give about ten 'petals' per flower.
In other bloodwood eucalypt species all the primordia in the corolline whorl become continuous at some stage in development, resulting in an operculum that is anatomically unresolvable into its original 'petaline' parts.
The groom's brother douses the newlyweds with flower 'petals' at the end of the ceremony.
It has the most charming semi-double flowers, formed from four outer petals with several smaller, 'petaloid' stamens inside.
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