单词 | plantarium |
释义 | plantariumn. A nursery for plants; (now) spec. a glass case in which plants that require a great deal of moisture may be grown. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > nursery nursery1556 nurse-garden1565 spring garden1603 plantarium1670 nursery garden1693 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) ii. 10 Prick them [sc. your plants] into some empty Beds (or a Plantarium purposely design'd) at one foot interval. 1794 R. Gray Lett. Tour Germany 205 Geneva became the nursery (plantarium, as Camden calls it) of the reformation. 1931 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 28 Apr. 11/3 Miss G. Siebert was a member of the excursion to the plantarium at Chicago last week-end. 1982 A. Bristow Orchids (1985) 56 The modern equivalent (of the Wardian case) called a plantarium, and looking rather like a fish tank, might not be so elegant, but it does not cost a fortune and it can give very good results indeed. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 16 Mar. It [sc. a museum] boasts a plantarium growing many tobacco-related herbs, including legal hemp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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