glasshouse

chiefly British
as in greenhouse
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants a glasshouse for growing tropical plants

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Recent Examples of glasshouse Driving the news: The project adds glasshouses, office space and plants while relocating and enhancing existing structures, including its 1906 restaurant. Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024 There’s a digital painting of an eerie glasshouse overgrown with red roses by Zhang Xiaotong; Too Rich City, a digital video depicting a surreal Chinese cityscape; and a humorous digital comic by Tang Xinrui where a human are the ones ogled by fish at an aquarium. Ann Binlot, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024 Meanwhile, the Cascade Garden has been relocated to a new 3,800-square-foot glasshouse filled with tropical plantings. Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024 The project also preserved several glasshouses and renovated the Waterlily Court, the latter of which will open in the spring of 2025. Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for glasshouse
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greenhouse
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  • Turned up 5 years later on the roof of our greenhouse.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
  • And the infrastructure needed for adequate food production – greenhouses, arable lands, orchards, livestock and food production facilities – has been destroyed or heavily damaged.
    Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 21 May 2025

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