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\"\"<\/a>A single, usually free, unit of a completely divided corolla or second floral whorl (keel petals in many papilionoid legumes are partially fused\/united along their lower margins).<\/p>\n

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A member of the inner set of floral leaves, usually colored or white and serving to attract pollinators.<\/p>\n

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Free segment of the corolla.<\/p>\n

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The leaflike parts of a flower that are usually brightly colored and enclose the reproductive organs (compare with \u201csepals\u201d and \u201ctepals\u201d).<\/p>\n

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One of the parts of the corolla, usually colored.<\/p>\n

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One member of the arrangement of flower parts forming the corolla.<\/p>\n

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A leaf of the corolla; usually bright-colored.<\/p>\n

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A nonreproductive flower part, often leaflike, white, or colored, situated above the sepals. Petals may be separate (free) or fused in various ways forming a tube.<\/p>\n

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Leaflike, often brightly colored, segment of the corolla.<\/p>\n

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One of the segments of the corolla, usually colored.<\/p>\n

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One of the inner whorl of floral leaves (usually white or coloured) that surround the stamens and\/or carpels of a flower.<\/p>\n

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The colorful part of most flowers. Petals are in fact modified leaves, and there are some flowers that have green petals, for example the green zinnia ‘Envy’.<\/p>\n

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An individual segment or part of the corolla, often brightly colored.<\/p>\n

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One of the second set of appendages of a flower, usually the showy part. Example, the colorful part of a rose flower.<\/p>\n

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The whorl of enclosing organs of a flower that comes between sepals and stamens; the most colorful and conspicuous part of most flowers. The petals collectively form the corolla.<\/p>\n

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An inner flower leaf, usually brightly coloured and showy; the petals collectively form the corolla.<\/p>\n

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Typically vibrant but occasionally green, these structures are the most noticeable part of the flower.<\/p>\n

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