hothouse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hothouse	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hothouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hothouse n a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner Synonym(s): conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hothouse \Hot"house`\, n. 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.