hexagonal
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One particularly vibrant example from the Caucasus has a pattern of stylized, almost hexagonal paisleys in an array of colors.
From Washington Post
Dr. Wulf pointed to a hexagonal table designed for meeting small groups of students.
From Washington Post
Subramanyan sits on the dresser in the primary bedroom, and hexagonal paintings by Inez Wijnhorst, a Dutch painter who lives and works in Portugal, are mounted on the wall in the second bedroom.
From Seattle Times
The main island, which is dominated by the hexagonal Fort Jefferson, a disused military fortress made of brick, has no hotels and only a primitive campsite.
From Reuters
Continental Drift is Earth in miniature, mapped onto a truncated icosahedron — a soccer ball — with its regular patchwork of 12 pentagonal faces and 20 hexagonal faces.
From New York Times
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