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Houseplant vs Pothos - What's the difference?

houseplant | pothos |

As nouns the difference between houseplant and pothos

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

houseplant

English

Alternative forms

* house plant

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    See also

    * flowerpot * potted plant

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    pothos

    English

    (Epipremnum aureum)

    Noun

    (pothoses)
  • .
  • * {{quote-news, pagetitle=pothos, year=2009, date=February 2, author=Kenyon Wallace, title=A factory fitted for a green future, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=Vines of golden pothos climb the steel support beams.}}
  • (uncountable, botany) , a genus of plants consisting of subtropical and tropical, climbing, flowering vines, indigenous to the environs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

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