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houseplant

/hous-plant, -plahnt/US // ˈhaʊsˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt //

家养植物,家伙,家里的植物,家禽

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.

Examples

  • Attendees are encouraged to bring their own plants to understand their “voices,” but will also be able to take a small houseplant home with them.

  • Most common houseplants that you’ve grown inside for their entire lives should be fine, but you might have to leave your orange and lemon trees behind, even if they’re inside.

  • Shredded newspaper and paper, cardboard, houseplants, grass clippings and yard trimmings, leaves, fireplace ashes, hair, fur, sawdust, wood chips and natural fiber fabric scraps are also good candidates for composting.

  • Every episode of his TV show was a single shot of himself seated at a desk, books behind him, a globe on the desk, a small houseplant on the side.

  • Monrovia also has nurseries in Connecticut, Georgia and Oregon, and it sells houseplants and container-garden plants, as well as outdoor-garden-only plants.

  • The Norfolk Island pine is another popular houseplant that asks only to be kept cool and moist.