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POTBOUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potbound mean?
• POTBOUND (adjective)
The adjective POTBOUND has 1 sense:
1. (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots
Familiarity information: POTBOUND used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots
Synonyms:
potbound; rootbound
Similar:
planted (set in the soil for growth)
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