Hothouse Definition

hŏthous
hothouses
noun
hothouses
A building made mainly of glass, artificially heated for growing plants; greenhouse.
Webster's New World
An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development; a hotbed.
American Heritage

A heated room for drying greenware.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Grown in a hothouse.
Webster's New World
Needing very careful treatment, as if grown in a hothouse; delicate.
Webster's New World
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verb
To cultivate in a hothouse.
American Heritage
(of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
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Other Word Forms of Hothouse

Noun

Singular:
hothouse
Plural:
hothouses

Origin of Hothouse

Hothouse Sentence Examples

  • The Cereuses include some of our most interesting and beautiful hothouse plants.

  • The genus Adiantum is a large one containing many handsome species both tropical and temperate, well known in greenhouse and hothouse cultivation.

  • Bolstered by the lead single Closer to Fine - a duet with Ireland's Hothouse Flowers - the album peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Charts and received heavy radio and MTV play.

  • Noble half-hardy bulbs, for planting near the front wall of a hothouse or greenhouse; the soil must be deep, rich and well drained.

  • Sow seeds of greenhouse and hothouse plants; also the different sorts of tender annuals; pot off those sown last month; sow cineraria for the earliest bloom; also Chinese primulas.

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