The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PETALS
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More clues leading to the result PETALS
- Time to wear rings, beautiful delicate things?
- Priest has to criticize regressive standards?
- Let sap develop in parts of plant
- Flower parts ultimately put in rings
- Petunia, Evening Primrose, Tulip, Amaryllis, Lily, Sunflower, primarily part of flowers
- Parts of flower given to friends avoiding stranger
- Folds torn pleats
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What does PETALS mean?
PETALS noun- 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.
- Term of endearment.