petalled
- a word derived from petal.
Example Sentences
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Lo the petalled leafage is finer, under the feet The coarse soil with a rainbow's worth Of delicate colours lies enamelled, Translucently glowing, shining.
From Georgian Poetry 1918-19 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
The water of the straits is glassy and full of jelly-fish, some of the white dome-like kind, but more of the purple ones that float on the water like a petalled flower.
From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen
It was impossible to be more propped and pencilled, more delicately tinted and petalled.
From The Author of Beltraffio by James, Henry
The first is divided diagonally into sunken squares, each containing a flower; and the others have lion masks in quatrefoils, with five petalled roses in the alternate spaces.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)
Down here the flowering hawthorn flings Sleet of petals, petalled shells Spread the coloured air that sings Magic and a myriad spells Spun by my count of Springs.
From Miscellany of Poetry 1919 by Seymour, W. Kean
