| 释义 |
† pepinnier Obs. rare—1.
Also pepinnery.
[ad. F. pépinière = pépinerie (Cotgr.), f. pépin pippin.]
A place where plants are grown from seed; a nursery for seedlings.
1601Holland Pliny xvii. x. I. 510 For to make a good pepinnier or nource-garden, there would be chosen a..special peece of ground. [1847–78Halliwell, Pepinnery, that part of an orchard where fruit stones are set for growing.] |