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houseplant

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈhaʊsˌplænt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Herbert thought that adding some houseplants would brighten up his desk.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • "I always thought a begonia was a houseplant!" exclaimed Sue, staring at the towering tropical specimen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant, flora, plant life

Narrower terms: Chinese evergreen, Japanese leaf, Aglaonema modestum, anthurium, tailflower, tail-flower, bloodberry, blood berry, rougeberry, rouge plant, Rivina humilis, velvet plant, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, Persian violet, Exacum affine, episcia, gloxinia, kohleria, plectranthus

History

Etymology

From house + plant.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: planta d'interior — plant grown indoors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觀葉植物 /观叶植物 (guānyè zhíwù) — plant grown indoors
  • Dutch: kamerplant — plant grown indoors
  • Esperanto: ĉambroplanto — plant grown indoors
  • Finnish: huonekasvi — plant grown indoors
  • French: plante d'intérieur — plant grown indoors
  • German: Zimmerpflanze — plant grown indoors
  • Hungarian: szobanövény — plant grown indoors
  • Italian: pianta da appartamento — plant grown indoors
  • Kazakh: үй өсімдігі (üi ösımdıgı) — plant grown indoors
  • Korean: 실내용화초 (sillaeyonghwacho) — plant grown indoors
  • Latvian: telpaugs — plant grown indoors
  • Polish: roślina domowa — plant grown indoors
  • Polish: roślina doniczkowa — plant grown indoors
  • Russian: ко́мнатное расте́ние (kómnatnoje rasténije) — plant grown indoors
  • Swedish: inomhusväxt — plant grown indoors
  • Swedish: krukväxt — plant grown indoors
  • Tagalog: halamang pambahay — plant grown indoors
  • Turkish: ev bitkisi — plant grown indoors
  • Turkish: salon bitkisi — plant grown indoors
  • Ukrainian: кімнатне рослинництво (kimnatne roslynnyctvo) — plant grown indoors
  • Welsh: planhigyn tŷ — plant grown indoors
  • Finnish: huonekasvi — plant suited to such treatment
  • German: Zimmerpflanze — plant suited to such treatment
  • Hungarian: szobanövény — plant suited to such treatment
  • Italian: pianta da appartamento — plant suited to such treatment
  • Polish: roślina domowa — plant suited to such treatment
  • Polish: roślina doniczkowa — plant suited to such treatment
  • Swedish: inomhusväxt — plant suited to such treatment
  • Turkish: ev bitkisi — plant suited to such treatment
  • Turkish: salon bitkisi — plant suited to such treatment
  • Welsh: planhigyn tŷ — plant suited to such treatment