Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any plant grown in a pot.
- noun The pot-tree, or monkey-pot tree. See
Lecythis and pot-tree.
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Examples
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There has been a family of Ashy Tailorbirds and of course, the prolific Yellow-vented Bulbul, which usually chooses a pot-plant on the veranda.
Birds in the garden Glenda Larke 2010
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What if they were palming the wine off on the nearest pot-plant in readiness to sneak down the road in the dead of night and do it themselves?
It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010
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But the drastic spike in Los Angeles County pot-plant seizures has law-enforcement officials trying to figure out what is behind the increase, and whether it represents a real shift in the lucrative pot trade.
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And law-enforcement officials say that pot-plant seizures throughout the country are on the rise with California, as it has in the past, leading the way.
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There has been a family of Ashy Tailorbirds and of course, the prolific Yellow-vented Bulbul, which usually chooses a pot-plant on the veranda.
Archive 2010-03-01 Glenda Larke 2010
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And I wondered if, somewhere in the back of the store, lay a bowl of water and a small pot-plant.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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"What I would really like to know is, why would someone put a mirror, a bowl of water, and a pot-plant in a kitchen?"
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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What if they were palming the wine off on the nearest pot-plant in readiness to sneak down the road in the dead of night and do it themselves?
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2005
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"What I would really like to know is, why would someone put a mirror, a bowl of water, and a pot-plant in a kitchen?"
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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And I wondered if, somewhere in the back of the store, lay a bowl of water and a small pot-plant.
Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005
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