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Definition of Ornamental
1. Adjective. Serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose. "The buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative"
Similar to: Nonfunctional
Derivative terms: Decorate, Decorate, Decorate, Decorativeness, Ornament
2. Noun. Any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value.
Definition of Ornamental
1. a. Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.
Definition of Ornamental
1. Adjective. Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. ¹
2. Noun. An ornamental plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ornamental
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornamental
Literary usage of Ornamental
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1899)
"Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, SI 75- AN ANGEL IN A WEB A Novel. ... Post 8vo,
Cloth, Ornamental, $1 75. DUMB FOXGLOVE And Other Stories. ..."
2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"THE PATHOLOGY OF Ornamental PLANTS MEL. T. COOK The rapid development of plant
pathology in America has resulted in giving a far better understanding of the ..."
3. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"The first type is found widely distributed through the protoplasm, or cell-sap,
of the plant structures; while the ornamental pigments are located chiefly ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Elaborate mitres of this kind had not only an ornamental band (circulus) on the
lower edge, but a similar ornamental band (titulas) went vertically over the ..."
5. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Eng Rec 67: 223-4 F 22 '13 Concrete, Ornamental Color and texture of concrete
... F: il plan Concrete Cem 2:226-7 My '13 Ornamental use of concrete in ..."
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