"hothouse flower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hothouse flowers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hothouse flower (plural hothouse flowers)
  1. (figuratively) A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered. Tags: figuratively 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 91 9 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

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          "as a result of"
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        "(figuratively) A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered."
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          "word": "ansarikukka"
        },
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      "sense": "fragile person",
      "word": "ansarikukka"
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