houseplant
7
1.2
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌplænt/
:
planta de interior
- She decided to decorate her living room with a variety of colorful houseplants.
- houseplant fertilizer
- water the houseplants
- houseplants growing
Then they do a like a indoor houseplant container mix.
- Then they do a like a indoor houseplant container mix.
- But it can be healthy at one time and sick at another time, and it still remains, say human being or Guinea pig or octopus or houseplant.
Examples
-
Eat at restaurants, buy houseplants.
-
His kitchen is filled with silken houseplants made to look real and hung out of reach.
Fiction book (1997) -
Empty, except for one sad houseplant, which is more than I have.
-
So much for starting with a houseplant.
-
Maybe start with a houseplant.
-
Warren could barely tend to the houseplants that seemed to be dying on him, one by one.
Fiction book (1996) -
Houseplants do well under low light indoor conditions and also under fluorescent light banks.
Academic text (2001) -
A scraggly houseplant was growing on a windowsill that overlooked the alley and the wall of the next building.
Fiction book (1995) -
Miracle-Gro and most houseplant fertilizers also lack calcium and possibly other essential mineral nutrients.
Academic text (2001) -
By the time she left, moving herself and her houseplants (palm, grape ivy, devil's ivy, schefflera, split-leaf philodendron)
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
1
2.8
A green plant people grow in a pot indoors to make a room look nicer
1
4.8
A plant grown for its looks, like roses or tulips
1
9.9
A small houseplant with thick, attractive leaves that needs little care
1
7.0
A tropical plant with large heart-shaped leaves often kept indoors
A tropical plant with large, decorative leaves kept indoors as a houseplant
A tropical plant with bright patterned leaves often grown indoors to decorate rooms
A small plant with thick leaves that grow in a round shape like a flower, often kept indoors
A plant with bright orange or yellow flowers that grows well indoors
A small houseplant with thick leaves that store water and bright flowers
How Big
7
1.2
69
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Houseplant joins house ('home') and plant ('a living green') to mean a plant kept indoors. So a houseplant is grown inside your home to make it look nicer.