as in conservatories
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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Recent Examples of greenhouses
Butterflies take center stage in one of property’s greenhouses, which is filled with hundreds of live butterflies.
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Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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
Geothermal water warms their homes and greenhouses, provides electricity, melts snow and ice, and heats the island’s outdoor pools, big and small, from underground.
—Lauren Breedlove, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
From the hilly streets of Hollywood Heights to a bustling suburb outside Dallas, greenhouses are a growing feature in North Texas backyards.
—Mary Grace Granados, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
What waits behind the greenhouses and garden beds is a sprawling oasis of elegant indoor-outdoor dining with a secret garden appeal that feels worlds away from the chain restaurants nearby.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Lean-to greenhouses use one of your home's walls as a support, saving space and creating a lively extension to your abode.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 26 Feb. 2026
From asparagus to aubergines, all vegetables served in the restaurants are grown onsite in greenhouses and organic gardens, using only chemical-free fertilizers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Feb. 2026
Cold frames and greenhouses are not required for acclimating plants to outdoor life, but these structures make hardening off plants easier.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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
Geothermal water warms their homes and greenhouses, provides electricity, melts snow and ice, and heats the island’s outdoor pools, big and small, from underground.
—Lauren Breedlove, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
From the hilly streets of Hollywood Heights to a bustling suburb outside Dallas, greenhouses are a growing feature in North Texas backyards.
—Mary Grace Granados, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
What waits behind the greenhouses and garden beds is a sprawling oasis of elegant indoor-outdoor dining with a secret garden appeal that feels worlds away from the chain restaurants nearby.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
Lean-to greenhouses use one of your home's walls as a support, saving space and creating a lively extension to your abode.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 26 Feb. 2026
From asparagus to aubergines, all vegetables served in the restaurants are grown onsite in greenhouses and organic gardens, using only chemical-free fertilizers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Feb. 2026
Cold frames and greenhouses are not required for acclimating plants to outdoor life, but these structures make hardening off plants easier.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greenhouses
conservatories
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Still, the study’s findings challenge the emphasis on early signs of high performance that elite schools, conservatories and youth sport academies often look for when recruiting talent.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The resulting 6,000-square-foot structure, which evokes images of conservatories and greenhouses one of the owners found online, has a distinctly old-world sensibility.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2025
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“Greenhouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greenhouses. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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