flower box

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noun

a box used for growing decorative plants in or around the home, often attached to a window ledge.

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Origin of flower box

First recorded in 1875–80

Install a flower box around your mailbox to add a fresh look.
Boosting your curb appeal for summer selling 2021|Khalil Alexander El-Ghoul|May 21, 2021|Washington Blade
There was no one to be seen or heard, and with frenzied haste they began to pull up the plants which adorned the flower box.
Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels|Mrs. Charles Bryce
The window sash was warped and stubborn; the woman excited, and in her anxiety something caught on the flower-box.
The Long Dim Trail|Forrestine C. Hooker
Thar was twenty-five thousand in that flower-box he guv to Jamie and the Little Lady; and this makes ten more.
The Long Dim Trail|Forrestine C. Hooker

She took some earth from the flower-box in the window, and with all her might flung it after that disappearing figure.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III.|John Galsworthy
The window was open, and the flower-box outside was in full scent and colour.
The Rubicon|E. F. Benson