parkway
Americannoun
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a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.
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Chiefly New York State and Western New England. a strip of grass, sometimes planted with trees or shrubs, between a sidewalk and curb.
noun
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The parkway strips on the corner were filled with yellow marigolds that were planted to honor loss and welcome recovery.
From Los Angeles Times
While Craig’s team did most of the work creating the front yard, Kolding and Estrada took on the job of removing the weeds and Bermuda grass in the parkway in front of their home.
From Los Angeles Times
The parkway garden sits on a commercial stretch of Glendale’s Brand Boulevard.
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In exchange, the city’s parkway program provided free native plants suitable for Long Beach to replant the area and mulch to help retain rainwater.
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The goal was to suppress the weeds on the parkway so they didn’t add more seeds to the habitat she was trying to create on the other side of the sidewalk.
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