"hothouse flower" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hothouse flowers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hothouse flower (plural hothouse flowers)
  1. A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered. Translations (fragile person): ansarikukka (Finnish), お姫様 (ohimesama) [informal] (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-hothouse_flower-en-noun-5NObExSS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'fragile person': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hothouse, flower.
    Sense id: en-hothouse_flower-en-noun-aGhQ8jaM

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hothouse flower meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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