petal

Floating like a flower petal in the spring breeze.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026

"Each piece of fabric, each petal, is made from different material. It was top-stitched to give the impression of veining," she said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Researchers have developed a method to make adaptive and eco-friendly sensors that can be directly and imperceptibly printed onto a wide range of biological surfaces, whether that's a finger or a flower petal.

From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024

One petal became four, and then it became a mess.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2023

Madame Duboise’s pale green face and flowing rose petal locks suddenly appear on the blank page.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Now that the cattle are gone, she’s seeing all kinds of native plants, such as coastal strawberries, Yerba Buena Blue-eyed grass and the Douglas iris with their stunning lavender petals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Nearby, a woman wept as she embraced a framed picture of her deceased relatives, while another family scattered rose petals at the ruins of the hostel in honour of their son.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

People waved flags and shouted "long live the Pope", with some throwing petals as he arrived at the square.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

When Mr. Haskell turns his lens on seagrass flowers, we glimpse organisms marvelously adapted to their watery environment, petals miniaturized into “scalelike shields,” with fruit and seeds protected as if in a bathyscape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Lush purple orchids hung beside the explosive pink, gold, and orange petals of countless wildflowers.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda