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  • noun Plural form of gardenia.

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Examples

  • "You can easily incorporate pieces of your china pattern as well by filling a soup tureen or other large serving pieces with water and floating fragrant blossoms such as gardenias, magnolias or peonies," Winkler says.

    unknown title 2009

  • "You can easily incorporate pieces of your china pattern as well by filling a soup tureen or other large serving pieces with water and floating fragrant blossoms such as gardenias, magnolias or peonies," Winkler says.

    unknown title 2009

  • His mother planted gardenias and oregano in rusty powdered milk tins and perched them on the wall where they would get some sun.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • As Annette Bening put it gracefully, actors are like fragile gardenias and she and her husband Warren Beatty, also present, protect one another.

    Regina Weinreich: New York Film Critics Circle Contretemps Regina Weinreich 2011

  • Three florists are designing the arrangements, which feature gardenias, lily of the valley, delphiniums and roses.

    Royal Wedding Flowers to Remain at Westminster Abbey for Viewing 2011

  • Especially the little hotel that I stayed at near the small (at that time) plaza, complete with a courtyard and women washing the bed sheets in a large wooden tub filled with gardenias.

    Oaxaca here we come! 2009

  • About the missing people, my great uncle always said we were to be as quiet about this as possible, not to talk about who was last taken before a visit—or discuss who was taken most recently just after a visit—though the families who lost members could grieve, could throw large funerals with roses and gardenias.

    The Hiders Heather Fowler 2012

  • Jan and Dean's "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" grew gardenias by day but by night drove "real fast and … real hard" in her "brand new, shiny red Super Stock Dodge."

    Death of the GTO age 2009

  • His mother planted gardenias and oregano in rusty powdered milk tins and perched them on the wall where they would get some sun.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Associated Press Actress Annette Bening "Actors are like gardenias," said the actress Annette Bening as she accepted a ribboned certificate with the names of the Circle members on it for "The Kids Are All Right."

    Actors, Directors Face Their Critics Marshall Heyman 2011

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