Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.]
A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.
An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. ``Give her a pot and a cake.''
--De Foe.A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.
A perforated cask for draining sugar.
--Knight.A size of paper. See Pott.
marijuana. [slang]
The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse heavily backed; a favorite. [Slang]
(Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also pot helmet.
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(Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the pool. Jack pot. See under 2d Jack. Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See under Cottage. Pot companion, a companion in drinking. Pot hanger, a pothook. Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. Pot metal.
The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron.
An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts.
--Ure.-
A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot.
--Knight.Pot plant (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot.
Pot wheel (Hydraul.), a noria.
To go to pot, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.]
--Dryden.
--J. G. Saxe.
Wiktionary
n. A plant growing in a flowerpot; a houseplant
WordNet
n. a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot (especially indoors)
Usage examples of "pot plant".
Bruce picked his smoke out of the pot plant that he was using as an ashtray and polished off the remainder of his coffee while Sue stood before him.
She had compared herself with a pot plant, wilting unwatered in a greenhouse, while the rain fell on the sweet earth outside.
But equally, how would a pot plant fare when faced with the winds and snows of the outside world?
People passed like extras in a Hollywood movie - a workman with a long plank of wood, two women in smart business suits, a guy with a hardhat and a clipboard, a deliveryman cradling a large pot plant.
What they found upstairs was just stupid, or so it seemed, and Ford shook his head, buried his face in his hands and slumped against a pot plant, crushing it against the wall.
There's no such thing as a methedrine plant like there is a pot plant.
A single abandoned pot plant stood in the corner, the last futile attempt to stem the tide of hopelessness these places exuded.