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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
- It was built into what looked like a huge, fifty foot tall bonsai tree.
- You could easily spend a day at the palace, which is filled with ornate buildings covered in gilt and coloured glass, intricate statues and Bonsai trees which stand over ten feet tall.
- On display is a range of artificial bonsai plants that can enliven your rooms.
- This teetotaller and non-smoker is very much a family man, and spends his spare time helping his wife tend to their large collection of bonsai plants.
- Some of bonsai's basic techniques, such as bending branches and pruning, are similar to arborsculpture. Boing Boing: July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 Archives
- This teetotaller and non-smoker is very much a family man, and spends his spare time helping his wife tend to their large collection of bonsai plants.
- But he said that he will not part with any of the bonsai from his collection even if a bigger price were to be offered.
- On display are more than 20 varieties of bonsai.
- Miles of walking trails and roads on the Arboretum's 446 acres feature native eastern deciduous trees and exceptional collections of bonsai, boxwood, and other plants and herbs.
- In Japanese bonsai can be translated as ‘tray planting’ and for the Japanese it represents a fusion of ancient beliefs with eastern philosophies of harmony.