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cache⋅pot

[kash-pot, -poh]
–noun
an ornamental container, usually of china or tole, for holding and concealing a flowerpot.

Origin:
1870–75; < F: lit., (it) hides (the) pot; see cache, pot 1
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cache·pot   (kāsh'pŏt', -pō')   
n.  An ornamental container for a flowerpot.

[French : cacher, to hide; see cache + pot, pot (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pottus).]
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