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hothouse ['hɒthaʊs, pl -haʊzɪz]1 noun(a) Horticulture serre f (chaude)∎ a hothouse of creativity/of decadence un foyer de création/de décadencede serre (chaude)►► also figurative hothouse plant plante f de serre (chaude);hothouse tomatoes tomates fpl de serre -
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nounTreibhaus, das* * *noun (a glass-house kept warm for growing plants in: He grows orchids in his hothouse.) das Treibhaus* * *ˈhot·houseI. nto \hothouse a child ein Kind zu früh mit Lernstoff vollstopfen famI didn't want to isolate and \hothouse her ich wollte sie nicht absondern und zu früh mit Lernen überfordern* * *hothouse s1. Treib-, Gewächshaus n:hothouse effect Treibhauseffekt m;a) Treibhausgewächs n,b) fig bes pej Mimose f2. Trockenhaus n, -raum m* * *nounTreibhaus, das* * *n.Gewächshaus n.Treibhaus n. -
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