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bonsai
(bɒnsaɪ)
Word forms: plural bonsai
1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A bonsai or a bonsai tree is a tree or shrub that has been kept very small by growing it in a little pot and cutting it in a special way.
...a beautiful Japanese bonsai tree.
2. uncountable noun
Bonsai is the art of growing very small shrubs and trees.
bonsai in British English
(ˈbɒnsaɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -sai
1.
the art of growing dwarfed ornamental varieties of trees or shrubs in small shallow pots or trays by selective pruning, etc
2.
a tree or shrub grown by this method
Word origin
C20: Japanese: plant grown in a pot, from bon basin, bowl + sai to plantbonsai in American English
(ˈbɑnˌsaɪ; bɑnˈsaɪ)
noun
1.
the art of dwarfing and shaping trees and shrubs in shallow pots by pruning, controlled fertilization, etc.
2. Word forms: plural ˈbonˌsai
such a tree or shrub
Word origin
Jpn bon, lit., basin or pot + sai, to plantImage ofbonsai
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