Petal of a Dying Rose

Petal

Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the corolla.

Dying

Dying is the final stage of life which will eventually lead to death. Diagnosing dying is a complex process of clinical decision-making, and most practice checklists facilitating this diagnosis are based on cancer diagnoses. Dying is a two-stage process in which clinical death occurs when a heart stops beating, and biological death occurs when brain cells start to die from a lack of oxygen.

Rose

A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. The plants range in size and form, from trailing and erect shrubs to climbers up to 7 metres (23 ft) in height. Sharp prickles appear on the stems of many species. Their flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through pinks, reds, oranges and yellows.

Rose (color)

Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta, whose hue corresponds to an angle of 330 degrees on the HSV/HSL color wheel.

petal

Noun

1. One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
2. The labia (majora).

Verb

1. To spread out from, like the petals of a flower

dying

Adjective

1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

Noun

1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.

rose

Noun

1. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
2. A flower of the rose plant.

Verb

1. To make rose-colored; to redden or flush.
2. To perfume, as with roses.