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prebonsai

prebonsai noun: a young plant that can be used to create a bonsai.

Noun

prebonsai (plural prebonsais)

  1. A young plant that can be used to create a bonsai.
    • Once the prebonsai is shaped and planted, the greatest trunk development will be facilitated by encouraging strong growth and not trimming the plant until it is dug in the fall after the growing season.1996, Richard W. Bender, Herbal Bonsai: Practicing the Art with Fast-growing Herbs, →ISBN, page 32
    • I would like to know what people (both buyers and sellers) consider to be a 'prebonsai'? How do you differentiate between a 'prebonsai' and regular nursery stock?2001 January 14, RickB...@aol.com, “Value of a pre-bonsai (was Re: pre-bonsais?)”, in rec.arts.bonsai (Usenet)

Forms of prebonsai

pluralprebonsais
alternative formpre-bonsai

Origin of prebonsai

From pre- + bonsai.

Questions about prebonsai

What does prebonsai mean?
Prebonsai means a young plant that can be used to create a bonsai.
What part of speech is prebonsai?
Prebonsai is a noun.
What is the plural of prebonsai?
The plural of prebonsai is prebonsais.

Words near prebonsai in the dictionary

  1. prebolused
  2. preboluses
  3. prebolusing
  4. prebonding
  5. preboned
  6. prebonsai
  7. prebonsais
  8. prebook
  9. prebookable
  10. prebooked
  11. prebooking

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