Citations:rosepetal

English citations of rosepetal

noun

1. Alternative spelling of rose petal
   • 1978, Alfred F. Rosa, The Old century and the new: essays in honor of Charles Angoff, page 122:

     With much fuss and kindness they brought me coffee and candied rosepetal jam — delicious indeed.

   • 2003, in the Collector's Guide, volume 17, number 1, page 63:

     A gallery opening in Albuquerque's Nob Hill or Santa Fe's Canyon Road, leading to some rosepetal-dusted squab enchiladas for dinner, followed by dancing to Middle Eastern techno-fusion music, capped off by coffee and poetry […]

   • 2007, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Threshold:

     […] presses herself scrapbook rosepetal flat against the old bricks and mortar as far as the wall runs.

adjective

• sometime 1900-1963, William Carlos Williams, A Struggle, printed in The lost works of William Carlos Williams by Robert J. Cirasa, page 55:

  […] lonely cock atop iron girders wears rosepetal smile […]

• 1995, Patricia Bosworth, Diane Arbus: a biography, page 314:

  Today Greer says her first impression of Diane was of "a rosepetal-soft, delicate little girl. […] "

• 1998, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Mistress of Spices:

  […] and a foot in a gold sandal steps down. Soft and arched and almost white. Rosepetal toes curling in disdain away from what lines the street, wadded paper, rotting peels, dog shit, shucked-off condoms thrown from the back windows of cars.

• 2011, Catherine George, No More Secrets:

  Small hands flailed, the downy head turned from one side to another and suddenly the rosepetal mouth opened and Emily let out a wail.

perhaps these are compounds

• 1985, in The Spectator, volume 255, page 34:

  At this time of year there'll be a fruit one on the menu: we were given a slice of gooseberry tart flanked with elderflower and rosepetal water ices and some cultivated and wild strawberries.

• 2006, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Frommer's London 2007, page 132:

  The de Vigne Bar is a favorite rendezvous point—try the Honey Suckle cocktail—champagne, honey vodka, rosepetal liquor, elderflower, and fresh raspberries.