rockery
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How to use rockery in a sentence
We had one tree-fern that rose from the centre of a rockery, and spread itself over it like a handsome umbrella.
Thirty Years in Australia | Ada CambridgeThese poetic perspectives look upon rockery and statuary, lawn and fountain, borders and beds of flowers.
The mounting had been the worst part and it had only been achieved by the help of a rockery.
Huntingtower | John BuchanWhy don't you put a heap of stones there and pretend it is a rockery?
The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson BurnettHe came up the rockery by degrees, breaking the ferns, and shedding buttons right and left.
The Tale of Tom Kitten | Beatrix Potter
British Dictionary definitions for rockery
/ (ˈrɒkərɪ) /
a garden constructed with rocks, esp one where alpine plants are grown: Also called: rock garden
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