English Explanatory Dictionary

hothouse flower

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hothouse, flower.

Word forms

hothouse flower hothouse flowers
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