Usually means: Miniature tree cultivated artistic expression.
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  1. bonsai: Merriam-Webster
  2. bonsai: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bonsai: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bonsai: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bonsai: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bonsai, bonsai: Wordnik
  7. bonsai (tree): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bonsai: Wiktionary
  9. bonsai: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bonsai: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bonsai: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. bonsai: Dictionary.com
  13. Bonsai (disambiguation), Bonsai: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. bonsai: Rhymezone
  15. bonsai: FreeDictionary.org
  16. bonsai: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. bonsai: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. bonsai: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  19. bonsai: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bonsai: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bonsai: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bonsai: Eastern Tea
  2. BONSAI: Acronym Finder
  3. bonsai: A Word A Day

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
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  3. GreenWeb Gardening Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bonsai)

▸ noun:  (countable) A tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The art of planting and growing trees or plants in such a manner.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

Similar:
prebonsai, seedling, arboret, nebari, topiary, tanuki, buisson, potted plant, sapling, boxtree, more...

Opposite:
giant tree, full-sized tree, mature tree

Phrases:
bonsai trees, bonsai tree, Bonsai Kitten, Indoor bonsai, Bonsai aesthetics, more...

Adjectives:
indoor, miniature, japanese, better, herbal, most, outdoor, smaller, larger, beautiful, tropical

Colors:
    green,     brown,     olive,     jade,     forest green, more...



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Similar:
prebonsai, seedling, arboret, nebari, topiary, tanuki, buisson, potted plant, sapling, boxtree, more...

Opposite:
giant tree, full-sized tree, mature tree

Phrases:
bonsai trees, bonsai tree, Bonsai Kitten, Indoor bonsai, Bonsai aesthetics, Bonsai styles, Bonsai cultivation and care, Bonsai Superstar, more...

Adjectives:
indoor, miniature, japanese, better, herbal, most, outdoor, smaller, larger, beautiful, tropical

Colors:
    green,     brown,     olive,     jade,     forest green, more...



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