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a hothouse plant

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  • Hothouse (novel) — Infobox Book | name = Hothouse image caption = author = Brian Aldiss cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English genre = science fiction novel publisher = Faber and Faber release date = 1962 media type = Print (Hardback Paperback)… …   Wikipedia

  • hothouse — /hot hows /, n., pl. hothouses / how ziz/, adj. n. 1. an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants. adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or noting a plant grown in a hothouse, or so fragile as to be capable of being grown only in… …   Universalium

  • hothouse — hot•house [[t]ˈhɒtˌhaʊs[/t]] n. pl. hous•es [[t] ˌhaʊ zɪz[/t]] adj. v. housed, hous•ing 1) bot an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants 2) a place favoring rapid growth; hotbed 3) Obs. a brothel 4) bot of or… …   From formal English to slang

  • hothouse — /ˈhɒthaʊs / (say hothows) noun 1. an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants. –adjective 2. of or relating to a delicate plant grown in a hothouse. 3. Colloquial delicate; over protected. 4. (of a child) subjected to… …  

  • stove plant — noun : a plant from a warm climate that has to be grown in a greenhouse to survive in temperate climates * * * stove plant noun A hothouse plant • • • Main Entry: ↑stove * * * stove plant, a plant cultivated in a hothouse …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stove plant — Stove Stove, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw. stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • David Bowman (botanist) — David Bowman (3 September 1838 – 25 June 1868) was a Scottish plant collector who, in 1866, was sent by James Veitch Sons to collect in Brazil. The species Dieffenbachia bowmanii is named after him.[1] Career Bowman was born at Arniston near… …   Wikipedia

  • Alpinia Gallanga — China Chi na, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. [1913 Webster] 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See {Porcelain}. [1913 Webster] {China aster} (Bot.), a well known garden flower and plant. See {Aster}. {China bean}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Alpinia officinarum — China Chi na, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. [1913 Webster] 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See {Porcelain}. [1913 Webster] {China aster} (Bot.), a well known garden flower and plant. See {Aster}. {China bean}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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