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Potbound
(of a potted plant) Having outgrown the size of the pot, such that its roots have no more room to grow.
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(of a potted plant) Having outgrown the size of the pot, such that its roots have no more room to grow.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rootboundnoun | (of a potted plant) Having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled. |
| planted | set in the soil for growth |
| pot-bound | (of a potted plant) Having outgrown the size of the pot, such that its roots have no more room to grow. |
| root-bound | Alternative form of rootbound. [(of a potted plant) Having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled.] |
| potted | (of a plant) Grown or planted in a plant pot. |
| pottable | (billiards, snooker, pool) Able to be potted. |
| hidebound | (figurative, of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible. |
| root-fallen | Of a plant, that has become too large and heavy to support itself, and has fallen over, so uprooting itself. |
| cropbound | Having the crop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract) clogged up, as by overfeeding. |
| grownverb | (US) Of a person: adult. |
| uprooted | (figurative, by extension) Having been removed from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly. |
| up-pulled | Pulled up. |
| connated | (botany) Alternative form of connate. [Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root.] |
| insertedverb | (botany) Attached to or growing out of some part. |
| depauperate | Having a limited biodiversity. |
| botonné | Alternative form of botony. [(heraldry) Having a bud-like projection or a kind of trefoil at the end; (in particular, of a cross) having a trefoil of buds at the end of each arm.] |
| pottiaceous | (botany, relational) Of or relating to the Pottiaceae. |
| overgrown | Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden. |
| bottoné | Alternative form of botony. [(heraldry) Having a bud-like projection or a kind of trefoil at the end; (in particular, of a cross) having a trefoil of buds at the end of each arm.] |
| bottony | Alternative form of botony. [(heraldry) Having a bud-like projection or a kind of trefoil at the end; (in particular, of a cross) having a trefoil of buds at the end of each arm.] |
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