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UK
/bˈɒnsaɪ/
]
[ US /bɑnˈsaɪ/ ]
[ US /bɑnˈsaɪ/ ]
NOUN
- a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot
How To Use bonsai In A Sentence
- Some varieties lend themselves to topiary sculpture, espalier, or bonsai training.
- Beginner bonsai growers will be able to enjoy demonstrations on styling and repotting trees, and there will also be specialist tools available for sale.
- He has been experimenting with miniature gardens since he was about seven - encouraged by his mother, whose interests included bonsai.
- They sell starter packs showing people how to grow their own bonsai trees.
- The trees belonged to her husband Thomas, 57, a self-employed window cleaner, who has been growing bonsai for more than ten years.
- Fifty species of bonsai, comprising trees and shrubs, are on display.
- Add a small water plant in a bonsai dish, rocks, a submersible pump, and a bamboo spout.
- How does arborsculpture differ from bonsai or topiary? Boing Boing: July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 Archives
- Consider a blooming bonsai, bougainvillea, daylily, or gardenia, or a citrus tree such as ‘Clementine’ tangerine, ‘Improved Meyer’ lemon, or kumquat.
- At that stage, the bonsai will have filled out (with tertiary branches) and there'll be moss on the trunk and roots.