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ornamental /ɔːnəˈmɛnt(ə)l /adjectiveServing or intended as an ornament; decorative: an ornamental fountain...- Their walk had led them to a large ornamental fountain, and Fenikkusu sat upon its lip.
- These may have been ornamental porcelains intended to be used as table decorations.
- They are either painted or executed in pen and limited to the area of ornamental decoration.
Synonyms decorative, fancy, ornate, attractive, pretty, artistic, ornamented, showy, gingerbread, for show, non-functional nounA plant grown for its attractive appearance.Scale insects enjoy perennial plants and can devastate nut and fruit trees, greenhouse plants, forest vegetation, woody ornamentals, and house plants....- Both ornamentals and vegetables are grown hydroponically in greenhouses.
- Reaching for the skies with perennials, vines, ornamentals, and trees is one way of bringing new levels to your landscape.
Derivativesornamentalism noun ...- And how can she believe men are imprisoned in this ornamentalism against which women have already revolted when women are as preoccupied by their looks as ever?
- Irvine covers a number of styles, from rural retreats to urban settings, and from the 18th century ornamentalism of William Kent to the cosmopolitan style of Hicks.
- Lord Lytton had noted the importance of ‘birth, rank and hereditary influence’ in India and helped create the ornamentalism Cannadine examines.
ornamentalist noun ...- The use of relatively unmixed colors and simplified forms in these paintings reflect his training as an ornamentalist.
- As a city based garden and landscaper for all of my working life I had become disgruntled with working for suburban ornamentalists with the Burkes Back Yard attitude to gardening.
ornamentally /ɔːnəˈmɛnt(ə)li / adverb ...- The patka or sash worn by both sexes was ornamentally woven with borders and buttis at both ends.
- On our way back to Karaganda we passed a series of small, ornamentally walled enclosures.
- You have seeds from a cedar (genus cedrus), which is not native to the United States but has been planted ornamentally.
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