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three-petaled

three-petaled

4.1
A flower that has three petals
  • adjective
translation icon : de tres pétalos
  • In spring, the wildflower trail showcases vibrant three-petaled flowers that attract numerous pollinators.

Examples

  • Growing out of the water were spearhead-shaped leaves and white three-petaled flowers that darkened to purple at the center, and she knew the starchy tuber of the plant was filling and good.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The Orchidaceae is a large, ancient family of perennial plants with one fertile stamen and a three-petaled flower.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The garden was beautiful, filled with flowers, including the striking three-petaled blossoms of the Trillium.

  • Botanists identified a rare species with a stunning three-petaled bloom that added color to the landscape.

How Many Petals

three-petaled
4.1
single
  • Specialized
14 6.3

Surface Forms

three-petaled positive

Morphology

three-petaled = three + petal (transparent) = three + petal + ed

Formed by compounding 'three' + 'petal' then adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ed'; the components and the derivation are directly interpretable.

Etymology

Three-petaled is made from three and petal, and petal comes from an old word meaning 'leaf', like a small leaf of a flower. So three-petaled simply describes a flower that has three of those 'leaf' parts, which is why we use it for flowers with three petals.