ornamental

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Goldfish are among the most widely distributed ornamental fish in the world, and the global pet trade continues to move aquatic species across continents at unprecedented levels.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

Her life savings are tied up in a two-storey house in the planned development area, surrounded by ornamental and fruit trees.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

A Met Police chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear team was seen near the park's bandstand on Friday and police divers were spotted near the Round Pond ornamental lake.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

But he had his own quirky, even obsessive interests—in all things ancient and Roman, in architecture, and especially in the hybrid ornamental figures known as grotesques.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Then my sister sealed them up in a piece of paper, and put them under some dried rose-leaves in an ornamental teapot on the top of a press in the state parlour.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens