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self-watering

self-watering adjective: of a pot or planter: designed with a reservoir from which the soil can take up water without the need for manual watering of the plant.

Adjective

self-watering (not comparable)

  1. Of a pot or planter: designed with a reservoir from which the soil can take up water without the need for manual watering of the plant.

Origin of self-watering

From self- + watering.

Questions about self-watering

What does self-watering mean?
Self-watering means of a pot or planter: designed with a reservoir from which the soil can take up water without the need for manual watering of the plant.
What part of speech is self-watering?
Self-watering is an adjective.

Words near self-watering in the dictionary

  1. self-victimizing
  2. self-view
  3. self-views
  4. self-violence
  5. self-waiting table
  6. self-watering
  7. self-weighing
  8. self-will
  9. self-willed
  10. self-willedly
  11. self-willedness

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