0 a container, usually made of clay or plastic, in which a plant is grown
1 a container in which to grow a plant
All along the front of the house are many flowerpots, in which roses and other English flowers are growing.
And one also finds stupid and pretentious flowers like the rose which belongs in the porcelain flowerpots painted by young girls.
He brought from the adjoining room a porcelain flowerpot containing a narcissus in bloom.
On every window sill there are flowerpots, for the Swiss are very fond of flowers.
This took place before a large open window, with a row of flowerpots on its heavy old granite sill.
The scientific function of the flowerpot seems less adequate than the function for which it was originally designed!
The experiment was performed in plastic flowerpots (upper diameter: 10 cm; lower diameter: 7 cm; height: 7 cm).
Usage complicates matters: people sometimes write flowerpot, sometimes flowerpot, and sometimes flower-pot.
