houseplant

Everyday

A plant that is grown in a pot indoors, inside a home, office or classroom. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons houseplants are used to study how plants need light, water and air; some children grow cress, spider plants or cacti on the windowsill. Safety: some houseplants are poisonous to pets and small children if eaten.

Examples

• We have a houseplant on every windowsill. tree →
• Water the houseplants once a week. tree →
• My houseplant leans towards the light from the window. tree →
• A cactus is an easy houseplant to look after. tree →
• Our class has a spider plant as a houseplant. tree →
• Some houseplants are poisonous to cats. tree →
• The houseplant's leaves went yellow because it had too much water. tree →

Note

Countable: a houseplant, houseplants. Can also be written «house plant». Plants indoors still need light; a plant kept in the dark grows pale and weak. Too much water can kill a houseplant as surely as too little.