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hothouse
(hät′ho̵us′)
noun
a building made mainly of glass, artificially heated for growing plants; greenhouse
adjective
- grown in a hothouse
- needing very careful treatment; delicate
See hothouse in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A heated greenhouse for plants that require an even, relatively warm temperature.
- An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development; a hotbed: “With its mix of African, Latin, European, and pan-American influences, the Caribbean is truly a musical hothouse” (New Yorker).
- Grown in a hothouse: a hothouse orchid.
- Delicate and sensitive, as if from being grown in a hothouse.
To cultivate in a hothouse.
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