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flowerpot

[flou-er-pot] / ˈflaʊ ərˌpɒt /
NOUN
jardiniere
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Ceramo Company, a flowerpot importer and distributor in Jackson, Mo., is still struggling to complete its refund requests after multiple tries.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

We’re introduced to Derpy in a late-night scene when he emerges from a portal from the Underworld and promptly knocks over a flowerpot.

From Salon Jul. 2, 2025

A disabling illness comes with enough stress and heartbreak on its own without the added worries of pitching oneself into a flowerpot on what is supposed to be a life-affirming evening with friends.

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2022

A flowerpot, a gift for her recent 34th birthday from the Estonian psychologists she works with, sits on the windowsill.

From New York Times Aug. 4, 2022

Inside, there is a big round container that looks like a three-foot-tall clay flowerpot, which Kim and the other cousins fill with water every evening.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Already in Algiers ahead of the historic visit, the atmosphere of an imminent celebration pervaded the air, with walls repainted, roads repaved and green spaces adorned with plants and flowerpots.

From Barron's Apr. 13, 2026

At the center, where Kirk’s tent once stood, flowerpots were neatly arranged.

From Slate Oct. 30, 2025

This includes using insect repellent, getting rid of items that hold standing water around the home — such as flowerpots and bird baths — and using screens on doors and windows to keep mosquitoes out.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2024

New Delhi has been decked up for the gathering with a brand new summit venue, fountains, flowerpots and illumination along major thoroughfares, alongside thousands of armed security personnel standing guard.

From Reuters Sep. 8, 2023

One, large for his age, made smithereens out of the flowerpots and china because his hands seemed to have the property of breaking everything they touched.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez



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