pot plant
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- noun
- /pɑt plænt/
- UK
:
planta de maceta
- White for the trim and shutters, stain the porch, then forget about it and concentrate your efforts on the pot plants you've already started, as you can take them with you when you move.
- grow a pot plant
Examples
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I just carried all the pot plants from my north-facing patio to my south-facing and protected front porch.
Blog text (10) -
Buy me a new pot plant or one of those nicely painted watering cans with a plant in it that's obviously from the north of Mars.
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The pot plants contribute to the pleasant environment you are promoting.
Academic text (1991) -
Along a dim hall they went, into a living room bright with sunlight, pot plants, and pictures.
Fiction book (1997) -
Having pot plants makes the garden easier to manage and control, whereas planting trees and bushes can make the garden look more natural.
Blog text (12) -
Quite apart from the fact that it was useful for keeping the house supplied with pot plants and grapes, it was somewhere to sit when the sun shone and yet the wind blew with an edge like ice to it.
Fiction book (1990) -
She placed several beautiful pot plants on the windowsill to brighten up the room.
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In the corner of the living room, a variety of pot plants added a touch of nature to the decor.
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He decided to buy a few pot plants to enhance the ambiance of his new apartment.
Synonyms
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A living thing with green leaves that grows in soil or water
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A plant kept indoors to make a room look nice
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Morphology
The meaning 'a plant grown in a flowerpot' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'pot' (a container, here for plants) with 'plant' (a living plant); it follows a regular noun–noun compounding pattern. This is a common, compositional construction found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pot plant comes from the simple idea of a plant grown in a pot, a small container of soil. Because people often keep these pots inside to make a room look nicer, the phrase means 'a plant grown in a flowerpot, especially one kept indoors'.