specimen plant
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It is more suitable as an isolated specimen plant than for the border.
From Gardening for the Million by Pink, Alfred
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 The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
The specimen plant has no chance of displaying itself under such conditions.
From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.
An excellent specimen plant when grouped with other evergreens on the lawn.
From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua
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