five-petaled

Thân thiện

A white daisy has a bright yellow center and five-petaled flowers.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • (of flowers) having five petals: Describes a flower that possesses exactly five separate petal structures.

Usage

• Used as a descriptive botanical term, typically placed before a noun or after a linking verb.
• It is a compound adjective formed from "five" and "petaled."

Examples

• The garden was filled with beautiful five-petaled blossoms.
• Botanists noted that the species is characterized by its five-petaled flowers.
• Is this flower five-petaled? Yes, you can count them.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal descriptions, field guides, and scientific contexts to classify and identify flowering plants.
• It can be hyphenated ("five-petaled") or sometimes written as two words ("five petaled"), though the hyphenated form is standard when used attributively (before a noun).

Variants and Related Words

• Five-petalled: An alternative spelling, more common in British English.
• Pentamerous (adj): A more technical/scientific synonym meaning "having parts in sets of five," which can apply to petals or other floral structures.
• Five-parted (adj): Can be used more broadly for any plant structure divided into five segments.

Synonyms

• Pentamerous (in botanical context, specifically regarding floral parts).

Antonyms

• There are no direct single-word antonyms, but descriptions like "not five-petaled," "four-petaled," or "with a different number of petals" would convey the opposite meaning.

Notes

• This is a specific compound adjective. The core word "petaled" (or "petalled") itself means "having petals," and is modified by the number "five."
• Other numbers can be used in the same pattern (e.g., six-petaled, three-petaled).

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of flowers) having five petals

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