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pot plant

pot plant noun: a plant growing in a flowerpot; a houseplant.

Noun (1)

pot plant (plural pot plants)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A plant growing in a flowerpot; a houseplant.
    • Pot-plants on spindle-legged stands lurked in wait for an incautious gesture.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 60
    • Then there was the sound of transport, too heavy a sound for a private car, and headlights showed up the withered pot-plants in Crabbe's porch.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 494

Noun (2)

pot plant (plural pot plants)

  1. (US) A marijuana plant.

Forms of pot plant

pluralpot plants
alternative formpot-plant
alternative formpotplant

Questions about pot plant

What does pot plant mean?
Pot plant means a plant growing in a flowerpot; a houseplant.
What part of speech is pot plant?
Pot plant is a noun.
What is the plural of pot plant?
The plural of pot plant is pot plants.

Words near pot plant in the dictionary

  1. pot of money
  2. pot on
  3. pot out
  4. pot pie
  5. pot pies
  6. pot plant
  7. pot plants
  8. pot pourri
  9. pot pourris
  10. pot roast
  11. pot roasts

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