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Definition of Terrarium
1. Noun. A vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed.
Definition of Terrarium
1. Noun. An enclosure where very small animals are displayed, often with some plants, in a naturalistic setting. ¹
2. Noun. A partially enclosed glass container for displaying plants, especially plants that need high humidity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Terrarium
1. a glass enclosure for plants or small animals [n -RIA or -RIUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrarium
Literary usage of Terrarium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public School Methods (1921)
"Every school should have a terrarium. A more simple one than illustrated on pages
... In the terrarium many forms of life can be housed as comfortably as if ..."
2. The Pet Book by Anna Botsford Comstock (1914)
"THE terrarium ANY little creatures brought in from the fields may find a happy
home 'in the terrarium which is a box, with its sides of glass or netting, ..."
3. Planet Earth by David Steward (2002)
"Follow your teacher's instructions to set up a terrarium with your group. 2.
Draw what your terrarium looks like below. Investigation 3. ..."
4. Guide Books to English by Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1910)
"LIT (1) A terrarium Observation and Records A terrarium is an inclosed plot of
earth on which plants and animals may live and grow. ..."
5. Cornell Nature-study Leaflets: Being a Selection with Revision, from the by Cornell University, College of Agriculture (1904)
"LIFE IN A terrarium.* I!Y ALK K I. KENT. And Nature, the old nurse ... One such
a page may be a terrarium — a confined plot of /•'/s••. ..."
6. A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the by Alexander Mansfield Burrill (1851)
"A kind of tax or charge on land ; a boon or duty of ploughing, reaping, &c.
Cowell. TERRAR. [L. Lat. terrarium, from terra, land.] In old English law. ..."
7. Guide Books to English by Ada Van Stone Harris, Charles Berrajals Gilbert (1907)
"... Observation and Records A terrarium is an inclosed plot of earth on which
plants and animals may live and grow. ..."
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