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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having grown too large for its container, resulting in matted or tangled roots. Used of a potted plant.
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- adjective Alternative form of
pot-bound .
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- adjective (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots
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Examples
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They also relish an abundance of water; and if they have, while growing, an application of liquid manure once or twice a week, it will be beneficial; never allow the roots to become potbound, but when the roots begin to form a mat on the outside of the ball of earth, it is time to shift the plant into a pot of the next larger size, and so on as the plant requires it.
Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden James Sheehan
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Apple's reliance on the premium PC market, and the overall market's stagnation, leaves Apple at risk of becoming potbound.
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Maybe I need to let them get a little more potbound.) 6) (in one container) two supermarket cactuses.
john dillinger is alive and well and living in-- netcurmudgeon 2007
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