wallplant
wallplant noun: a plant that grows on a wall.
Noun
wallplant (plural wallplants)
- A plant that grows on a wall.
- A[ethionema] grandiflorum. As above. A strong wallplant true from seed. Long lived or deep pink specimens merit cutting propagation.1959, Lawrence D[onegan] Hills, “Dictionary of Propagation — Seed”, in The Propagation of Alpines, 2nd edition, Sakonnet, R.I.: Theophrastus, published 1976, →ISBN, page 194
- Sunlight streamed through the leaves of wallplants to be caught in her fur.1981, Karl Hansen, “The Ballad of Lady Blue”, in Roy Torgeson, editor, Chrysalis, volume 9, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 105
Examples of wallplant in a sentence
- In these charts, approximate sizes have been given tor trees, shrubs, climbers and wallplants.1988, Graham Rose, “Romantic Plant Charts”, in The Romantic Garden: A Guide to Creating a Beautiful and Private Garden Paradise, New York...
- How else do you think we keep the wallplants under control?1988 August, Roger MacBride Allen, chapter 19, in Farside Cannon, New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 238:
Forms of wallplant
| plural | wallplants |
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Origin of wallplant
From wall + plant.
Questions about wallplant
- What does wallplant mean?
- Wallplant means a plant that grows on a wall.
- How do you use wallplant in a sentence?
- In these charts, approximate sizes have been given tor trees, shrubs, climbers and wallplants.
- What part of speech is wallplant?
- Wallplant is a noun.
- What is the plural of wallplant?
- The plural of wallplant is wallplants.
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