2. The place where nursing is carried on; as:
(a) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to
the care of children.
(b) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are
propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a
plantation of young trees.
(c) The place where anything is fostered and growth
promoted. ``Fair Padua, nursery of arts.'' --Shak.
Christian families are the nurseries of the
church on earth, as she is the nursery of the
church in heaven. --J. M. Mason.
(d) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the
nursery of seamen.
3. That which is nursed. [R.] --Milton.