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English Dictionary: potted by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
potted
adj
  1. of plants; planted or grown in a pot; "potted geraniums"
    Antonym(s): unpotted
  2. preserved in a pot or can or jar; "potted meat"; "potted shrimp"
  3. (British informal) summarized or abridged; "a potted version of a novel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pot \Pot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Potted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Potting}.]
      To place or inclose in pots; as:
      (a) To preserve seasoned in pots. [bd]Potted fowl and
            fish.[b8] --Dryden.
      (b) To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs.
      (c) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler,
            and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated
            heads, through which the molasses drains off. --B.
            Edwards.
      (d) (Billiards) To pocket.
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