dictionary definitions for "greenhouse"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

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