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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of a wide variety of plants grown indoors, often for decorative purposes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
  • noun A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes

Etymologies

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Combination of house + plant.

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