Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hothouse flower

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: hot-house- flow-er
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hothouse, flower.

Inflected Forms

hothouse flowers (plural)

Questions

What does hothouse flower mean?: A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered.

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