† nurse-gardenn.

Forms: 1500s–1600s nourse garden, 1500s–1600s nurse-garden, 1600s nursgarden.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nurse n.¹, nurse v., garden n.

Etymology: < nurse n.¹ or nurse v. + garden n.

Obsolete.

A nursery for plants. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > nursery

nursery1556

nurse-garden1565

spring garden1603

plantarium1670

nursery garden1693

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Seminarium, a place where plantes be set to be removed; a nourse garden.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. x. 510 Concerning seminaries and nource-gardens, Nature hath shewed us the reason and manner thereof.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 429 Queene Elizabeth converted it..into a Seminary and nurse-garden of the Church.

1657 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) 66 Hedges of Quodlings, Nursgardens, Plums, Vines, and such like trees, that may be kept..from growing very large.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	nurse-garden
释义	† nurse-gardenn. Forms: 1500s–1600s nourse garden, 1500s–1600s nurse-garden, 1600s nursgarden. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nurse n.¹, nurse v., garden n. Etymology: < nurse n.¹ or nurse v. + garden n. Obsolete. A nursery for plants. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > nursery nursery1556 nurse-garden1565 spring garden1603 plantarium1670 nursery garden1693 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Seminarium, a place where plantes be set to be removed; a nourse garden. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. x. 510 Concerning seminaries and nource-gardens, Nature hath shewed us the reason and manner thereof. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 429 Queene Elizabeth converted it..into a Seminary and nurse-garden of the Church. 1657 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees (ed. 2) 66 Hedges of Quodlings, Nursgardens, Plums, Vines, and such like trees, that may be kept..from growing very large. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1565
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