adj
potted
adj
1
Grown or kept in a pot.
"She lined the balcony with potted plants."
"The office lobby had a few potted ferns near the entrance."
2
Summarized into a short, condensed form.
"He gave a potted history of the company before the tour began."
How to Use Potted
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishKept in a pot, or (for information) squeezed into a short summary.
Common pairings
potted plant
potted history
potted summary
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Etymology
From pot plus -ed. The 'condensed summary' sense grew out of the earlier idea of potted meat, i.e. preserved and compressed food, later applied to compressed information.