Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hothouse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hothouse \Hot"house`\, n.
1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from
the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer
climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hothouse
n : a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing
manner [syn: {conservatory}, {indoor garden}]
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