With deep purple, sometimes mottled leaves, it is grown as much for its decorative appeal as for its culinary value.

Their complex network of meanings, and the daunting air of intelligence that accompanied them, tended to override what decorative appeal the pictures possessed.

As the name implies, this is not a native plant, and it has been hybridized for decorative appeal.

"People bought it for its decorative appeal," he said.

Mitsunobu combining the strong brushwork of suiboku-ga with the decorative appeal of the Yamato-e.

What's there has more decorative appeal than depth.

The paintings have decorative appeal but they could be more surprisingly idiosyncratic (Johnson).

They were sometimes clobbered (enamelled) in the Netherlands and England to enhance their decorative appeal.

The sculptures have a cheerfully decorative, slightly cartoonish appeal (Johnson).

Another hellebore plus: the foliage, with its tough leathery texture, that provides decorative appeal when the plants are not in bloom.