flowerpotn.
/ˈflaʊəpɒt/, U.S. /ˈflaʊ(ə)rˌpɑt/ 1. A vessel, most commonly of red earthenware and slightly tapering downwards, to contain soil in which flowers may be planted.
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Flowerpots or lillypots.
1692–3 Queen's Coll. Acc. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 385 A Blew flower-pott for the Parlour.
1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 223 An open gallery, adorned on both sides with flower~pots.
1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 288 I brought two live plants in flower-pots.
2. (See quot. 1842.)
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1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Flower Pot, a particular kind of fire-work, that when ignited throws out a fountain of vivid spur-shaped sparks.
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