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hothouse: see greenhouse greenhouse, enclosed glass house used for growing plants in regulated temperatures, humidity, and ventilation. A greenhouse can range from a small room carrying a few plants over the winter, to an immense heated glass building called a hothouse or conservatory, ..... Click the link for more information. . hothouse a. a greenhouse in which the temperature is maintained at a fixed level above that of the surroundings b. (as modifier): a hothouse plant How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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You were a good deal cut up yourself, Tom, two weeks ago, when those young ladies left your hothouse door open, with a frosty east wind blowing right in; you said it killed a good many of your plants. I have said that the plants in a hothouse fail to communicate a just idea of the vegetation, yet I must recur to it. The trappings of warriors of Okar aided in the deception; and for wear beyond the hothouse cities we each had suits of the black- and yellow-striped orluk. |
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