pot plant

See also: potplant

English

Alternative forms

• pot-plant, potplant

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Noun

pot plant (plural pot plants)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A plant growing in a flowerpot; a houseplant.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 60:

     Pot-plants on spindle-legged stands lurked in wait for an incautious gesture.

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 494:

     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.

Translations

plant growing in a flowerpot

• Danish: potteplante (da) c
• Dutch: potplant (nl) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: potteplante m or f

  Nynorsk: potteplante m or f

Etymology 2

Noun

pot plant (plural pot plants)

1. (US) A marijuana plant.

Anagrams

• plant pot