pot-bound
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But most pot-bound plants are easy to save.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
Even if the plant appears healthy, it’s probably pot-bound, meaning the roots have grown so much within the pot that there’s barely any soil left.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
Take care not to have them pot-bound while in growth, but do not overpot when bloom is wanted.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
Owing to the difficulty of digging the hole, it is likely to be a tight fit for the pot-bound ball of calloused roots that is to fill it.
From The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright
And that child who is born to sorrow and sordid care, pot-bound from its mother's womb by encircling conditions that none single-handed can break, is wronged and sinned against by us all most foully.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller
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