As many writers have noted, our English words cosmos and cosmetics derive from the same ancient Greek root for universe and ornamentation. |
Conchs of the Girvan specimens match the diagnostic traits given above in terms of the ligula, aperture and ornamentation on the shell. |
Each garment has ornamentation through different texturing techniques including crinkling, tucking, thread work and handwork. |
The species has a characteristic ambococliid interior, but the medially plicate ornamentation is unknown elsewhere. |
She bid at least a momentary adieu to all that back-to-nature, cross-cultural ornamentation she loves. |
It was also popular as a material for ornamentation, being versatile and easily shaped or cast into different patterns. |