petaled

/'petld/ Cách viết khác : (petalled) /'petld/

Thân thiện

The sunflower is a bright, petaled flower.

Definition

Adjective 1. Having petals: Describes a flower that possesses petals, which are the often colorful, modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of a flower.

Usage

The adjective "petaled" is used to describe the physical characteristic of a flower. It is typically placed before the noun it modifies or after a linking verb. * It is most commonly used in botanical descriptions, gardening contexts, and general observations about flowers. * The word can be combined with a number or another adjective to form a compound adjective (e.g., five-petaled, white-petaled).

Examples

• The petaled blooms of the rose are its most distinctive feature.
• Botanists study both petaled and petal-less flowers.
• She prefers simple, single-petaled daisies over more complex blooms.
• The garden was a sea of brightly petaled flowers.

Advanced Usage

• Numerical Descriptions: "Petaled" is frequently combined with a hyphen and a number to specify the count of petals.
  • The cherry blossom is a five-petaled flower.
• Descriptive Combinations: It can be combined with adjectives describing color, shape, or size.
  • We found a delicate, purple-petaled wildflower by the stream.

Variants and Related Words

• Petalled: This is an alternative spelling, more common in British English.
  • The petalled structure of the flower was intricate.
• Petal (noun): One of the segments of the corolla of a flower.
  • Each petal was edged in a darker pink.
• Petalous (adjective): A less common synonym meaning "having petals."
• Apetalous (adjective): The opposite, meaning "lacking petals."

Synonyms

• Petalous (technical/botanical)
• Having petals (descriptive phrase)

Antonyms

• Apetalous
• Petal-less

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of flowers) having petals

Từ đồng nghĩa

• petalous
• petalled