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half-hardy

half-hardy adjective: of a plant: requiring protection against frost.

Adjective

half-hardy (not comparable)

  1. Of a plant: requiring protection against frost.

Noun

half-hardy (plural half-hardies)

  1. A plant that requires protection against frost.

Forms of half-hardy

pluralhalf-hardies

Origin of half-hardy

From half- + hardy.

Questions about half-hardy

What does half-hardy mean?
Half-hardy means of a plant: requiring protection against frost.
What part of speech is half-hardy?
Half-hardy can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near half-hardy in the dictionary

  1. half-gyps
  2. half-half
  3. half-halt
  4. half-halts
  5. half-hardies
  6. half-hardy
  7. half-hearted
  8. half-heartedly
  9. half-heartedness
  10. half-hitch
  11. half-hitches

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