2. Verb. (third-person singular of hothouse) ¹
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Definition of Hothouses
1. hothouse [v] - See also: hothouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hothouses
Literary usage of Hothouses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1851)
"I. A Practical Treatise on the Construction, Healing; and Ventilation of hothouses,
including Conservatories, Greenhouses, ..."
2. The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence; the by John Claudius Loudon (1850)
"hothouses differ from green-houses, chiefly in requiring more heat, ... There are
many varieties of hothouses, but the most useful are the stove, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... mohair embroidery of the Canadian Indian. characteristic designe of the period ;
and Gaston duke of Orleans established hothouses and botanical gardens, ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"The cultivation of the C. in green-houses and hothouses has been much in fashion
for more than 20 years. The gardener must imitate the natural conditions of ..."
5. The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence; the by John Claudius Loudon (1850)
"hothouses differ from green-houses, chiefly in requiring more heat, ... There are
many varieties of hothouses, but the most useful are the stove, ..."
6. Russia and the Russians, in 1842 by Johann Georg Kohl (1843)
"hothouses. Climate and Flora of Petersburg—Cherry-houses—Russian Kitchen
Gardens—hothouses and Orangery of the Taurian Palace—Fruiterers' Shops—Extravagant ..."
7. The Homes of Other Days: A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in by Thomas Wright (1871)
"Occupations of the Ladies.—Games and Enjoyments.—Roughness of English Sports at
this Period.—The hothouses, or Baths.— The Ordinaries.—Domestic Pets. ..."
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