Citations:rosepetal

noun

 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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
 * 1) * 2007, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Threshold:
 * presses herself scrapbook rosepetal flat against the old bricks and mortar as far as the wall runs.
 * 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.