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- noun Plural form of
nerine .
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Examples
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Geraldine's nerines thrived on neglect on the thin acidic sand and the rubble foundations of the house, but they loved the heat and the free-draining conditions and were proof of a plant that had obviously found its niche.
Gardens: The late, late, show… by the nerines Dan Pearson 2010
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But with their southern heritage the nerines are making a countermovement.
Gardens: The late, late, show… by the nerines Dan Pearson 2010
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Past the small lawn, paved terrace and formal beds of roses, fuchsias, irises and nerines is a vertiginous bank planted with clashing pink and red Camellia japonica, a large fig tree and a tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera .
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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In my garden in Devon the dahlias and zinnia are starting to look bedraggled but the nerines, which I planted as bulbs back in March are still holding strong.
BBC Blog Network 2009
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