rose petal

collocation in English

meaningsofroseandpetal

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rose
adjective
uk
/rəʊz/us
/roʊz/
having a ...
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petal
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpet.əl/us
/ˈpet̬.əl/
any of the usually brightly coloured parts that together form most of ...
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(Definition ofroseandpetalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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My littlerosepetalof a contribution to this pot-pourri will relate solely to the disposal of refrigerators.
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Some of the flavors are uncommon, such asrosepetal, pulque, mole, spearmint, lettuce, shrimp and tequila.
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Having come to develop an addiction to floral fragrances, he was inhaling arosepetalextract during his last hours.
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Highlights include rose towers made of thousands of roses androsepetalrangolis.
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The traditional donuts are filled withrosepetaljam (plum jam or apple) and covered with thin layer of icing or powdered sugar, sprinkled with orange peel.
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Some of the popular toppings include sweetened condensed milk,rosepetalinfused honey, chocolate syrup, and fruit preserves.
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They believed that very small scale reductions could effectively manage the population without adversely affecting neighboring populations due to therosepetalhypothesis of deer populations.
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The hips form after the rose petals have fallen off.
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He is attacked by something unseen by the other shoppers, and starts to cough up rose petals.
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Some of the religious sisters living in the convent began to notice rose petals outside their hallways.
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Women wash their faces with sea water and rose petals in the morning to be more beautiful during the rest of the year.
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The skin tastes a bit like rose petals but is often removed for a sweeter flavour.
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When they opened the bag to show the guards, it appeared no longer to hold her head but to be full of rose petals.
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Startled and nauseated, he rushes to the bathroom and vomits what appear to be rose petals.
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It cuts back to the band playing in the basement; rose petals are now falling on the instruments along with the water.
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At a certain point the priest sprinkles the tomb with rose petals and rose water.
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As she comes and goes, black rose petals fly around her.
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You are to cook the rose petals until they become transparent.
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Her husband, who was unresponsive on the couple's bed that was sprinkled with red rose petals, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
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