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Another word for showy

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Adjective

  1. Marked by outward, often extravagant display

    See also:

    plain

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Another word for showy

Modifier
  1. See also:

    ornate

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Sentence Examples

  • sylvestris, 12 to 18 in., bright yellow, are showy kinds.

  • perforatum, small shrubby plants with slender stems, sessile opposite leaves which are often dotted with pellucid glands, and showy yellow flowers.

  • The flowers are frequently large and showy, and are generally attractive from their high colouring.

  • The amanitas include some of the most showy representatives of the Agaricineae or mushroom order of fungi.

  • They are freegrowing shrubs with showy bell-shaped flowers, and are favourite greenhouse plants.

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