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, CaitlÃn R. Kiernan, Threshold:... presses herself scrapbook rosepetal flat against the old bricks and mortar as far as the wall runs.
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.
