specimen plant
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Pittosporum tobira ‘Turner’s Variegated Dwarf’ makes for a good low hedge or specimen plant, with its yellow-margined leaves and compact habit.
From Seattle Times
The specimen plant has no chance of displaying itself under such conditions.
From Project Gutenberg
Some of the palms and ferns were extremely beautiful, and so well grown that each might have been a specimen plant in a greenhouse.
From Project Gutenberg
An excellent specimen plant when grouped with other evergreens on the lawn.
From Project Gutenberg
It is more suitable as an isolated specimen plant than for the border.
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