American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. Any of a wide variety of plants grown indoors,
often for decorative purposes. - n. A plant that is grown
indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative
purposes. - n. A variety of plant that is especially suited to
such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
GNU Webster's 1913 - n. any of a variety of plants grown indoors
for decorative purposes. - n. any of a variety of plants grown
indoors for decorative purposes - Combination of house + plant.
(Wiktionary) “What you normally call a houseplant they know to
be Mother Nature's clean air machine.” “A woman who laughingly
called me a "houseplant" but let me spend my vacation as I
wanted, loved me as I was.” “Well, known as salvia divinorum,
this leafy "houseplant" is a highly-potent relative of sage and
mint plants.” “Pot plant Potted plant (or, as we have discussed,
mostly "houseplant", or was it "house plant"?) 2 by 4
(construction) vs. 4 by 2 (I don't r