prebonsai

plural prebonsais · alternative pre-bonsai

1. A young plant that can be used to create a bonsai.

   Buying a prebonsai is a quick way to get a plant and you can start immediately with his training.

   2015, Daphne & Cloe, The Art of Bonsai, →ISBN, page 86

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   Once the prebonsai is shaped and planted, the greatest trunk development will be facilitated by encouraging strong growth and not trimming the plant until it is dug in the fall after the growing season.

   1996, Richard W. Bender, Herbal Bonsai: Practicing the Art with Fast-growing Herbs, →ISBN, page 32

   I would like to know what people (both buyers and sellers) consider to be a 'prebonsai'? How do you differentiate between a 'prebonsai' and regular nursery stock?

   2001 January 14, RickB...@aol.com, “Value of a pre-bonsai (was Re: pre-bonsais?)”, in rec.arts.bonsai (Usenet)