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Definition of Showiest

1. showy [adj] - See also: showy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Showiest

Literary usage of Showiest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1889)
"I have also the Highland, the largest and showiest on my place. It is the latest. I had it at the horticultural meeting, September 29th, city hall, ..."

2. Andorra Nurseries: Wm. Warner Harper, Proprietor, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia by William Warner Harper (1903)
"One of the showiest of herbaceous plants and an excellent variety for planting in damp or marshy ground ; but it does not need these conditions in order to ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"One of the showiest shrubs of New S. Wales. The heads are 3 in. across and 3-4 in. deep and bear a ... The showiest parts, however, are involucral bracts. ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"These heads are .4 in. across and 3 or 4 in. deep and bear a rough resemblance to a florist's chrysanthemum. The showiest parts, however, are involucra! ..."

5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1868)
"Under the head of Carmine and Red may be put the showiest and brightest colors. Of these the following can be well recommended : Emile ..."

6. The American Flower Garden by Neltje Blanchan, Leonard Barron (1909)
"Cheapest and showiest spring-blooming white-flowered plant for carpeting the ... Largest and showiest of the family. To get the largest specimens remove the ..."

7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1902)
"We propose to turn over the pages of Illustrated Flora hastily, and select in all the larger families a few examples of the showiest and most common " wild ..."

8. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"We propose to turn over the pages of Illustrated Flora hastily, and select in all the larger families a few examples of the showiest and most common " wild ..."

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