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Discover LudwigThe phrase "house plant" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a plant that is grown indoors for decorative purposes or as a hobby.
Example: "I decided to buy a new house plant to brighten up my living room."
Alternatives: "indoor plant" or "potted plant".
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house plant
noun
Alternative spelling of houseplant
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Miss Alys Sutcliffe lectured to the group on the bonsai as a house plant.
The St. John's River running through downtown is bathed in aromas from a Maxwell House plant.
Send the unlabelled tuber to someone and tell them it is a great house plant.
Detailed understanding of this mechanism may still be developing, but anybody who has forgotten to water a house plant has seen the consequences.
Now she cleans the floor with vinegar (bleach triggered his attacks), avoids lighting candles, and limits herself to a single house plant.
Edwin shakes his head, before embarking on his own green-fingered rock metaphor: "Imagine you had a house plant that you cultivated carefully," he says.
But opposition has also been building over a proposed 1,000-unit 1,000-unitcomplex on apartment waterfront site of the former Maxwell House plant.
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JMC carried out all in-house plant and laboratory experiments associated with the study and contributed to the writing of the manuscript.
And since they're sold in the house- plant section of any garden centre, There's no reason why you shouldn't add one to your collection.
German designer Viktor Kölbig has created a house plant/table lamp hybrid, like some kind of Dr. Moreau of home furnishings, that lets you control a light using the interface of a plant.
The 41 rootstocks accessions used for the pedigree analysis were classified according to their dwarfing effect in accordance with the literature and in-house Plant & Food Research professional expertise.
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