houseplant

noun

house·​plant ˈhau̇s-ˌplant 

: a plant grown or kept indoors

Examples of houseplant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many common houseplants are dangerous to cats that chew on them. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Spray the mixture onto affected areas of the houseplant from top to bottom, leaf to roots. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 July 2026

Many popular houseplants contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, tiny needle-like structures found in their leaves and stems. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

At some point that Will could not remember, Butch stopped living out of his suitcase and got himself a chest of drawers and apparently—though Will didn’t notice them for some time—houseplants. — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for houseplant

• confidante
• interplant
• sycophant
• ant
• aunt
• cant
• chant
• gant
• lant
• pant
• plant
• quant

Kids Definition

houseplant

noun

house·​plant ˈhau̇-ˌsplant 

: a plant grown or kept indoors