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adjective(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
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"a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"adjectivemarked by ostentation but often tasteless
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adjectivesuperficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense
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adjectivedisplaying brilliance and virtuosity
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Definition that contains showy
- viceroy showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
- flamboyant showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- snakehead showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
- topknot showy crest or knot of hair or feathers
- turtlehead showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
- shawny showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States
- western poppy showy annual of California with red flowers
- delonix regia showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- mole plant showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
- summer duck showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees