rose petaln.
/ˈrəʊz pɛtl/, U.S. /ˈroʊz ˌpɛdl/ A petal from a rose.
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1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 667 Macerate the rose petals in the water for twelve hours, and strain.
1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Rose-bug, a winged insect..which feeds on rose-petals.
1903 Econ. Jrnl. 13 126 Whilst an English flower-maker is expected to make any flower, a Frenchwoman makes rose petals only, or rose buds, and nothing else.
1960 R. Campbell tr. J.-M. A. Gamo in Coll. Poems III. 85 Silken spectrum-blaze Which an eternity shot through with rays Showers with a thousand rose-petals of light.
2000 T. Hall To Elephant Graveyard (2001) ii. 47 The family scattered rose petals over the shrouded body.
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attributive. Designating wine, tea, oil, preserves, etc., made from or flavoured with rose petals.
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1935 H. Edib Clown & his Daughter xxxvi. 201 I've brought stuffed vine-leaves and rose-petal jam, Tewfik.
1939 Cue 21 Jan. 36/1 Such other unfamiliar taste thrills as pomegranate cocktail..and, sounding like the Arabian Nights, rose petal coffee.
1963 M. McCarthy Group i. 18 An Armenian restaurant in the twenties, where you got rose~petal jelly for dessert.
1970 Rose Ann. 93 Pot-pourri and rose petal jam from well-loved old recipes..are often made at home... Home-made rose-petal wine has a delicious taste.
1977 Times 25 Nov. (Christmas Bk. Suppl.) p. xxx/4 Experimenting with rose petal oils to soften the skin.
1987 E. Ronay Bird's Eye Guide Healthy Eating Out 211 A beautifully presented melon with orange and rose-petal sorbets.
1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food xx. 601 You add lemon and sugar, or rose petal jam.
2005 Olive July 22/2 The grouper..was a little dry. It needed the wetness of a pomegranate and rose petal raita I had ordered separately.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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