bar-room plant
- noun
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planta de interior
- The bar-room plant in the corner thrives even in low light conditions.
Examples
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She chose a bar-room plant to add a touch of green to her apartment.
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The bar-room plant adds a touch of green to the living room.
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Many people find the bar-room plant easy to care for and quite decorative.
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I bought two bar-room plants for my apartment.
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The bar-room plant in our office requires minimal sunlight and is perfect for indoors.
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She placed a bar-room plant on her windowsill to brighten up the space.
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With its large leaves, the bar-room plant is a popular choice for home decor.
Synonyms
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1.2
A plant kept indoors to make a room look nice
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9.9
A common houseplant with large shiny leaves that stays green all year
A strong houseplant with broad shiny leaves that grows well in low light
A very hardy houseplant that has long green leaves and needs little care
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
bar-room + plant
The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'bar-room' can be analysed as 'bar' + 'room' (a room in or associated with a bar) and 'plant' is literal. This follows ordinary English compounding (location/adjective + noun), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would infer it denotes a plant kept in or suitable for a bar/indoor room.
Etymology
The name bar-room plant may come from the old habit of keeping tough green plants in the bar-room of pubs and inns. Because these plants could live in low light and smoky rooms, the name came to mean a tough indoor plant used for 'decoration'.