as in conservatory
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
needed to move the plants into the greenhouse before the first frost killed them
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On a late spring evening, Michael was in one of the greenhouses, prepping a table of hydroponic pea shoots.
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Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
Ash shows up and kills the zombies and then gets mad at her for going into the greenhouse.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Acres of terraced growing areas and multiple greenhouses produced many native plants grown from seed collected around the park such as sumacs, ceanothus, yellow-blooming flannel bush, manzanitas, barberries, monkeyflowers, Catalina cherry, toyon and coffeeberry.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Most bus stops offer no shelter, and the few that do are covered on three sides and on top by glass — fine rain or snow protection in season, but a sweltering greenhouse in summer.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
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Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
Ash shows up and kills the zombies and then gets mad at her for going into the greenhouse.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Acres of terraced growing areas and multiple greenhouses produced many native plants grown from seed collected around the park such as sumacs, ceanothus, yellow-blooming flannel bush, manzanitas, barberries, monkeyflowers, Catalina cherry, toyon and coffeeberry.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Most bus stops offer no shelter, and the few that do are covered on three sides and on top by glass — fine rain or snow protection in season, but a sweltering greenhouse in summer.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Greenhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greenhouse. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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