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ˈpot-plant
1. A plant grown in a pot.
1816‘A. Singleton’ Lett. (1824) 63 The young Virginian ladies take pleasure in nurturing..and fostering their parlour pot-plants. 1858Glenny Gard. Every-day Bk. 187/1 Pot-plants that have been plunged, and gone by their prime, must be got up, and be replaced by others in good order. 1869Daily News 14 July, Prizes..for fuchsias, geraniums, ferns, and other pot plants. 1870W. Robinson Alpine Flowers i. 56 Our pot-plants are far before those of other countries. 1871S. Hibberd Amateur's Flower Garden xiii. 240 Well-grown pot-plants..have a much brighter, a much more artistic and finished appearance, than plants of the same kinds equally well grown in the open ground. 1914W. F. Rowles Garden under Glass xxii. 221 The loam..will be more suitable for the growth of the majority of pot plants. 1966Rochford & Gorer Rochford Bk. Flowering Pot Plants i. 11 Flowering pot plants are usually regarded as expendable.
2. = pot-tree 2.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Pot-plant, a name for the Lecythis ollaria. 1866in Treas. Bot. |