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Example sentences for ornamental
Shipment of ornamental cacti to consumers elsewhere also contributes to the wild cacti decline.
Utility model and design patents are for small improvements or ornamental designs, ie cosmetic changes rather than inventions.
The other restaurant is more modern overlooking the ornamental lake on the grounds.
Introduced into ponds and lakes as an ornamental plant, it goes forth and multiplies until it has taken over entire habitats.
They still sport their intricate fret- and latticework, shiplap siding and ornamental voodoo patterns.
Exporting ornamental fish for aquariums may generate billions of dollars for developing countries in the tropics.
It can be either functional or ornamental design-large or small, current or vintage.
The garden spans three terraces and includes scenic waterfalls, ornamental ponds and lodges.
We have some far more elaborate and ornamental world maps from a similar period.
Ornamental species and forms can be divided into two categories: evergreen and deciduous.
And it uses multimedia in an organic rather than an ornamental way.
The park is landscaped with flower gardens and ornamental trees.
Artifacts unearthed at the site include a stone axe head, a pottery fragment, and an ornamental pin.
If the lyric sections of the drama were merely ornamental the modern producer could skirt the difficulty.
The balustrades and ornamental railings each are housed in custom-made plywood cabinetry designed to safeguard them.
The garden relies heavily on ornamental cabbage and kale for color.
The walk back home provided some ornamental slabs for me to flip.
The main reason for its spread around the world is its beauty and its consequent popularity as an ornamental plant.
One of the museum's loveliest displays exposes a simple ornamental comb as the end product of exhaustive mechanical manipulations.
While it's a modern building, the traditional feel in the rooms comes from its darker wood furnishings with ornamental bed-ends.
So-called ornamental crops are a popular alternative to conventional food crops.
But they did not come close to the interment, on an island in an ornamental lake on the estate.
Seeds from the soaring trees were collected and distributed, and it soon became a popular ornamental in home gardens.
Splendid as these pageants are, they are mainly ornamental, and the value of allegory as ornament has always been recognized.
His tastes run toward the ornamental--concrete planters and wrought iron.
Ornamental wooden cow sculptures stand beside two comfortable chairs.
Ornamental kale can make as much impact with leaves as other plants do with flowers.
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