Their pollen-dusted feet touch petals.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the feet of butterflies, covered in pollen, come into contact with the petals of flowers.

Choice of Words: Pollen is a fine powder produced by flowers that contains the male reproductive cells. Dusted means covered with a fine layer of powder. Feet are the body parts of animals that they use to walk. Touch means to come into contact with something. Petals are the colorful leaves of a flower.

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Their pollen-dusted feet touch petals.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how bees land on flowers and collect pollen.

Choice of Words: Their refers to the bees, and pollen-dusted means that their feet are covered in pollen, which is a fine powder that helps plants make seeds. Touch means to come into contact with something, and petals are the colorful leaves of a flower. So, this sentence means that the bees' feet, which are covered in pollen, are touching the petals of a flower.

The bees' feet, covered in pollen, touch the flower petals.

Meaning: This sentence is also describing how bees land on flowers and collect pollen, but it is more specific.

Choice of Words: The bees' feet is more specific than their, and covered in pollen is more specific than pollen-dusted. Flower petals is more specific than just petals. So, this sentence is more detailed and specific than the first sentence.

As the bees land on the flowers, their pollen-covered feet come into contact with the delicate petals.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how bees land on flowers and collect pollen, and it is the most detailed and specific of the three sentences.

Choice of Words: As indicates that this sentence is describing a sequence of events. Land is more specific than touch, and delicate adds a descriptive detail about the petals. So, this sentence is the most detailed and specific of the three sentences.

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