pot plant en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK) A plant growing in a flowerpot; a houseplant.
Then there was the sound of transport, too heavy a sound for a private car, and headlights showed up the withered pot-plants in Crabbe's porch.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 494:Pot-plants on spindle-legged stands lurked in wait for an incautious gesture.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 60:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| potplant | alternative | lexicographic | |
| pot plants | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pot-plant | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
da potteplante (plant growing in a flowerpot) · nl potplant (plant growing in a flowerpot) · nb potteplante (plant growing in a flowerpot) · pl roślina doniczkowa (plant growing in a flowerpot) · cy blodyn pot (plant growing in a flowerpot) · nn potteplante (plant growing in a flowerpot)