five-petaled
- adjective
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de cinco pétalos
- The wild rose is easily recognized by its five-petaled blossoms.
- five-petaled flowers
- five-petaled yellow flowers
Examples
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Botanists often classify flowers based on whether they are five-petaled or have a different number of petals.
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She admired the delicate, five-petaled white flower growing by the path.
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The five-petaled flower bloomed beautifully in the garden.
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A five-petaled blossom caught my eye.
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The tender red stems bear tiny, five-petaled yellow flowers at their tips.
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Species with hairy leaves include the Bear Valley sandwort, whose small, white, five-petaled flowers appear in June and July, usually following a summer shower.
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In summer, the leathery, rich-green leaves are topped with large, five-petaled, yellow flowers that have numerous, bushy stamens with reddish anthers.
Synonyms
Having five parts arranged around a center, like petals or arms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Five-petaled is made of five- meaning the number 'five' and petal, which comes from the Greek petalon meaning 'leaf'. Petals are like the colored 'leaves' of a flower, so five-petaled means a flower has five petals.
