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flower pot

flower pot is the alternative form of flowerpot.

Meaning of flowerpot

Noun

flowerpot (plural flowerpots)

  1. A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
    • O Laurinella! little doſt thou wot
      How fraile a flower thou doſt ſo highly prize:
      Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot
      That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes.1653, William Basse, “Clio, or The First Muse; in 9 Eglogues in Honor of 9 Vertues. As It was in His Dayes Intended. [Munday. Laurinella. Eglogue. Of True and Chast Love.]”, in J[ohn] P[ayne]...

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Forms of flower pot

pluralflower pots

Questions about flower pot

What is flower pot the alternative form of?
Flower pot is the alternative form of flowerpot.

Words near flower pot in the dictionary

  1. flower of Jove
  2. flower of life
  3. flower of the flock
  4. flower petal
  5. flower petals
  6. flower pot
  7. flower pots
  8. flower power
  9. flower service
  10. flower services
  11. Flower State

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