dictionary definitions for "greenhouse"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  greenhouse
      adj 1: of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect;
             "greenhouse gases"
      n 1: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation
           and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn:
           greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Greenhouse \Green"house`\, n.
     A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered
     from the weather.
     [1913 Webster]


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