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parking strip

American  

noun

  1. Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway.


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On the parking strip, Hollyleaf Cherry and hardy Canyon Prince Wild Rye counter the pink clarkias and California bluebells.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

After removing 1,150-square-feet of lawn in the front yard and the parking strip, their $5,750 turf replacement rebate from the Department of Water and Power brought the total down to $9,150.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Suddenly that parking strip infested with weedy dandelions looks like garden gold.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023

On the parking strip, she planted white sage, rock purslane, germander sage, ice plants and scattered Theodore Payne’s roadside wildflower mix, which was a magnet for bees before the gophers went after the plants.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2022

Immediately it rose a few feet above the concrete and began to move toward the parking strip.

From The Sword by Quattrocchi, Frank