bonsai
Noun
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Noun
bonsai
- (countable) A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
- (uncountable) The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.
bonsai (bonsais, present participle bonsaiing; past and past participle bonsaied)
- (transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.
- 2001, Dennis Parks, Living in the Country Growing Weird (page 50)
- Could I be a father who was, so to speak, bonsaiing his children, trimming urban roots, and then twisting the emerging branches?
- 2001, Dennis Parks, Living in the Country Growing Weird (page 50)
- Portuguese: bonsai
- Misspelling of banzai
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