The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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To keep them lasting longer than your New Years resolutions, you should add plant food to your poinsettias each month, Adam says.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
In the meantime, Weidner’s is gearing up for its big season, moving thousands of poinsettias out of its greenhouses into its sales areas or onto delivery trucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
It grows about 50,000 poinsettias each year — a fairly small number compared to wholesalers who fill their greenhouses with 10 times as many plants, Storm said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
They just can’t let go of the idea that poinsettias are for Christmas.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Not by a rainy season come and gone where none was supposed to be, nor by the plain green bushes changing themselves bang into poinsettias.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
