hothouses
Heated growing structures
Hothouses are heated buildings, usually with glass walls and roof, for growing plants that need warmth and protection from the elements.
The term extends to any environment of artificial cultivation or intense development: The company became a hothouse of innovation.
A hothouse atmosphere suggests something fragile, overprotected, or unnaturally forced—plants or people raised in conditions too sheltered for the real world.
Structure for growing plants
- conservatoryGlass-enclosed plant room
- botanicalRelated to plants
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
orchids · palms · succulents · terrarium · biodome · arboretum · nursery · flora
Newly germinated plants
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- hydroponicsPlant cultivation in nutrient water
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- horticultureCultivating plants systematically
fertilization · pruning · irrigation · transplanting · bedding · tending · soil · composting
Automatic climate control device
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- heatingRaising temperature artificially
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
warmth · tropical · temperate · misting · insulated · thermal · radiant · balmy
Protected place or structure
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- overwinteringEnduring the cold months
- frostThin ice coating
cloches · tender · delicate · safeguarding · windbreak · microclimate · buffered
Official rules governing conduct
- automationSelf-operating system design
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
timers · systems · precision · adjustment · programming · optimization · scheduling · feedback
glasshouse
Structure for growing plants
- conservatoryGlass-enclosed plant room
- botanicalRelated to plants
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
exotic · orchids · palms · succulents · terrarium · biodome · arboretum · nursery · flora · verdant
seedlings
Newly germinated plants
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- hydroponicsPlant cultivation in nutrient water
- propagationAct of spreading widely
horticulture · fertilization · pruning · irrigation · transplanting · bedding · tending · soil · composting · planting
thermostat
Automatic climate control device
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- heatingRaising temperature artificially
temperature · warmth · tropical · temperate · misting · insulated · thermal · radiant · balmy · moisture
shelter
Protected place or structure
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- overwinteringEnduring the cold months
frost · cloches · tender · delicate · safeguarding · windbreak · microclimate · buffered
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- automationSelf-operating system design
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- sensorsDevices that detect input
calibration · timers · systems · precision · adjustment · programming · optimization · scheduling · feedback · irrigation
- agriculturefarms, crops, farm, farmers, farming
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- greenhouse historyglasshouse, glasshouses, conservatory, conservatories, orangeries
- rural structuresbarns, stables, farmhouses, outbuildings, silos
- garden structuresgazebo, pergola, arbor, pavilion, garden pavilion
hothousesopen fields
Unenclosed expanses of land
open air · fields · outdoors · the wild · open ground
hothousescold storage
Refrigerated preservation space
cold frames · icehouses · freezers · cold rooms · root cellars
- hothouse flowerPlant requiring artificial warmth