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Definition of "potbound" []

  • Having grown too large for its container, resulting in matted or tangled roots. Used of a potted plant. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "potbound" in a sentence
  • "They also relish an abundance of water; and if they have, while growing, an application of liquid manure once or twice a week, it will be beneficial; never allow the roots to become potbound, but when the roots begin to form a mat on the outside of the ball of earth, it is time to shift the plant into a pot of the next larger size, and so on as the plant requires it."
  • "Apple's reliance on the premium PC market, and the overall market's stagnation, leaves Apple at risk of becoming potbound."
  • "Maybe I need to let them get a little more potbound.) 6) (in one container) two supermarket cactuses."
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