flower-pot, flowerpot
(ˈflaʊəpɒt)
1. A vessel, most commonly of red earthenware and slightly tapering downwards, to contain soil in which flowers may be planted.
| 1598 Florio s.v. Grasta, Flowerpots or lillypots. 1692–3 Queen's Coll. Acc. in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 385 A Blew flower-pott for the Parlour. 1780 Coxe Russ. Disc. 223 An open gallery, adorned on both sides with flower⁓pots. 1856 Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 288, I brought two live plants in flower-pots. |
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| 1842 Francis Dict. Arts, Flower Pot, a particular kind of fire-work, that when ignited throws out a fountain of vivid spur-shaped sparks. |