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hothouse flowers

hothouse flowers is the plural of hothouse flower.

Meaning of hothouse flower

Noun

hothouse flower (plural hothouse flowers)

  1. (figuratively) A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hothouse, flower.

Questions about hothouse flowers

What is hothouse flowers the plural of?
Hothouse flowers is the plural of hothouse flower.

Words near hothouse flowers in the dictionary

  1. Hothfield
  2. hothouse
  3. hothouse effect
  4. hothouse effects
  5. hothouse flower
  6. hothouse flowers
  7. hothoused
  8. hothouser
  9. hothousers
  10. hothouses
  11. hothousing

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