Meanings
nounhouseplant (plural houseplants)
plural houseplants · alternative house plant
- A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
Herbert thought that adding some houseplants would brighten up his desk.
- A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
"I always thought a begonia was a houseplant!" exclaimed Sue, staring at the towering tropical specimen.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Catalan planta d'interior
- planta d'interiorplant grown indoors
Chinese Mandarin 觀葉植物 /观叶植物
- 觀葉植物 /观叶植物 (guānyè zhíwù)plant grown indoors
Dutch kamerplant
- kamerplantplant grown indoors
Esperanto ĉambroplanto
- ĉambroplantoplant grown indoors
Finnish huonekasvi, huonekasvi
- huonekasviplant grown indoors
- huonekasviplant suited to such treatment
French plante d'intérieur
- plante d'intérieurplant grown indoors
German Zimmerpflanze, Zimmerpflanze
- Zimmerpflanzeplant grown indoors
- Zimmerpflanzeplant suited to such treatment
Hungarian szobanövény, szobanövény
- szobanövényplant grown indoors
- szobanövényplant suited to such treatment
Italian pianta da appartamento, pianta da appartamento
- pianta da appartamentoplant grown indoors
- pianta da appartamentoplant suited to such treatment
Korean 실내용화초
- 실내용화초 (sillaeyonghwacho)plant grown indoors
Latvian telpaugs
- telpaugsplant grown indoors
Polish roślina domowa, roślina doniczkowa
- roślina domowaplant grown indoors
- roślina doniczkowaplant grown indoors
- roślina domowaplant suited to such treatment
- roślina doniczkowaplant suited to such treatment
Russian ко́мнатное расте́ние
- ко́мнатное расте́ние (kómnatnoje rasténije)plant grown indoors
Swedish inomhusväxt, krukväxt
- inomhusväxtplant grown indoors
- krukväxtplant grown indoors
- inomhusväxtplant suited to such treatment
Tagalog halamang pambahay
- halamang pambahayplant grown indoors
Turkish ev bitkisi, salon bitkisi
- ev bitkisiplant grown indoors
- salon bitkisiplant grown indoors
- ev bitkisiplant suited to such treatment
- salon bitkisiplant suited to such treatment
Ukrainian кімнатне рослинництво
- кімнатне рослинництво (kimnatne roslynnyctvo)plant grown indoors
Welsh planhigyn tŷ, planhigyn tŷ
- planhigyn tŷplant grown indoors
- planhigyn tŷplant suited to such treatment
Cite this entry
APA
houseplant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseplant
MLA
“houseplant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseplant. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “houseplant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/houseplant.
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