as in greenhouses
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
a glasshouse for growing tropical plants
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Recent Examples of glasshouses
Framed in iron, this glass structure is said to be one of the world’s most elegant glasshouses.
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Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Start at the outdoor garden to snap photos in front of bright yellow and orange mums, ornamental green cabbages, and a towering pumpkin tree, then go inside to see the historic glasshouses.
—Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Start at the outdoor garden to snap photos in front of bright yellow and orange mums, ornamental green cabbages, and a towering pumpkin tree, then go inside to see the historic glasshouses.
—Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glasshouses
greenhouses
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Butterflies take center stage in one of property’s greenhouses, which is filled with hundreds of live butterflies.—
Martina Schimitschek,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Disney maintains on-property greenhouses, where some topiaries were stowed along with its flower towers, decorative stacks of blooms.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Glasshouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glasshouses. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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