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hibernaculum — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • greenhouse noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.

Senses

hibernaculum is used for these senses in English:

  • greenhouse A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

greenhouse — full definition

  1. noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.
  2. noun Used in "greenhouse effect" or "greenhouse gas" to describe the trapping of heat in Earth's atmosphere.
  3. verb To grow or nurture something, especially plants, in protected conditions.

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