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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And if you have partial sun, holly fern would be a good choice, as would dwarf gardenias.
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Her resentment and disappointment became part of the awkward thrust she made to fasten Robert's gardenia to her shoulder strap.
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One gardenia casts a pleasant scent, but hundreds of gardenias can, for some, prompt a touch of nausea.
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She soaped herself thoroughly with the gardenia guest soap which was kept in a little wickerwork basket.
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She wore her hair in three buns with a dramatically large and fragrant gardenia pinned on the right side.
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Some one had the grand idea of placing gardenia trees at the end of each pew at center aisle.
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The hothouse flowers gardenia and stephanotis had to be coaxed and nurtured into flowering for the posies and the bridegroom's buttonhole.
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This was the first gardenia to flower in this country.