The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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When Chavarria was being honored as the CFDA’s Menswear Designer of the Year in 2023, he arrived with Tokischa and Rauw Alejandro, all wearing complementary outfits that featured oversize silk gardenias.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
Busy gardeners should look for low-maintenance plants like ZZ plants, Chinese evergreens, pothos and philodendrons, while others may choose ferns, peace lilies, baby tears and gardenias that require a bit more attention and care.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
The stocks and gardenias and roses were heady with perfume, alive with butterflies of every color.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 28, 2016
In every home that she has lived in as an adult, she says she has planted a gardenia bush, because the smell of gardenias reminds her of her mother.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2016
The girls produced plates of sadza, white as gardenias, and pots of steaming relish.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
