flowerpot
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noun
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Origin of flowerpot
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"Your flowerpot is a service station," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ceramo Company, a flowerpot importer and distributor in Jackson, Mo., is still struggling to complete its refund requests after multiple tries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
We’re introduced to Derpy in a late-night scene when he emerges from a portal from the Underworld and promptly knocks over a flowerpot.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2025
Even the job title insinuates that we are not people, but literal background—like a painting or flowerpot that is placed on a table to make the walls look less bare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
She wanted to put it in a flowerpot to stand beside his bed.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
Already in Algiers ahead of the historic visit, the atmosphere of an imminent celebration pervaded the air, with walls repainted, roads repaved and green spaces adorned with plants and flowerpots.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
At the center, where Kirk’s tent once stood, flowerpots were neatly arranged.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025
Gradually, painstakingly, Cohen deepened AARON’s range to include human figures, objects like tables and flowerpots, and profusions of leafy plants.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Last week the paper published pictures of Ma wearing a white protective gown and holding flowerpots.
From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2021
Whenever they transferred seedlings from table beds into small flowerpots, they always ran into a slew of black widows nesting in the little stacked flowerpots that were kept in a dark shed beside the greenhouse.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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