viveiro — 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.
- menagerie noun A collection of wild or exotic animals kept for display, especially historically by wealthy owners as a private forerunner to the modern zoo.
- nursery noun A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
Senses
viveiro 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.
- menagerie A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
- nursery (horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
- vivarium A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.
greenhouse — full definition
- noun A glass or plastic-covered building used to grow plants by trapping heat and sunlight.
- noun Used in "greenhouse effect" or "greenhouse gas" to describe the trapping of heat in Earth's atmosphere.
- verb To grow or nurture something, especially plants, in protected conditions.
menagerie — full definition
- noun A collection of wild or exotic animals kept for display, especially historically by wealthy owners as a private forerunner to the modern zoo.
- noun A varied, mixed group of people or things.