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houseplants

houseplants is the plural of houseplant.

Meaning of houseplant

Noun

houseplant (plural houseplants)

  1. A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
    • Herbert thought that adding some houseplants would brighten up his desk.
  2. A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
    • "I always thought a begonia was a houseplant!" exclaimed Sue, staring at the towering tropical specimen.

Questions about houseplants

What is houseplants the plural of?
Houseplants is the plural of houseplant.

Words near houseplants in the dictionary

  1. housephone
  2. housephones
  3. housepig
  4. housepigs
  5. houseplant
  6. houseplants
  7. houseplex
  8. housepost
  9. houseposts
  10. housepride
  11. houseproud

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