ice plant
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In the cities and towns, golden light shines down on ice plants and bougainvillea, and that is beautiful too. — Lydia Kiesling, WSJ, "Trying to Hold on as California Burns," 21 Sep. 2018 And invasive plants such as ice plant also can be food for them. — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, "It's getting a little squirrelly at the coast," 25 Mar. 2018 And invasive species such as ice plant also can be food for them. — Phil Diehl, latimes.com, "Squirrels have overrun some coastal cities and lost their fear of humans, officials say," 25 Mar. 2018 A few years later, Boley boasted five grocery stores, five hotels, seven restaurants, four cotton gins, three drugstores, a jewelry store, four department stores, two insurance companies, two photographers and an ice plant. — Michael Harriot, The Root, "The Other Black Wall Streets," 15 Feb. 2018 The four blocks surrounding this intersection were occupied in the early 1900s by rice mills, an ice plant, horse and mule stables, a yarn and hosiery factory and a streetcar barn; the streets themselves were paved in granite stones. — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, "Krewe du Vieux 2018: Take a virtual tour of the route with King Richard Campanella," 23 Jan. 2018 Her family emigrated from Sicily and became true Miami pioneers operating Miami’s first ice plant, Royal Palm Ice and Refrigeration Company, opened in 1921. — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Deaths in Central Florida: 10/8," 8 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ice plant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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