nurseries

Where seedlings grow

Nurseries is the plural of nursery, a word with meanings connected to nurturing the young.

A nursery is a room for babies or small children: The nurseries were painted in soft colors.

Nurseries also refers to businesses that grow and sell young plants: We visited three nurseries before finding the right shrubs.

A nursery school is an early childhood educational setting.

horticulture

seedlings

Newly germinated plants

propagation · saplings · bedding plants · garden center · grower · transplants · cuttings · soil · flats · perennials

childcare

daycare

Child supervision facility

caregivers · playroom · cribs · nap time · diapers · early childhood · supervision · toys · learning · developmental

hospital

newborns

Recently delivered infants

bassinets · neonatal · delivery · babies · monitors · swaddling · feeding · wristbands · visiting hours · observation

home

crib

Small bed with rails

decorating · wallpaper · nightlight · monitor · lullabies · blankets · stuffed animals · pastel · theme · shelving

Categories
Opposites
age group served

nurseriesnursing homes

Residential elder care centers

retirement homes · hospices · senior centers · old folks' homes · convalescent homes

life cycle stage (plants)

nurseriesgardens

Cultivated planting areas

arboretums · old-growth forests · landscaped grounds

beginning vs. end of life

nurseriesmorgues

Corpse storage facilities

mortuaries · hospices · funeral homes · crematoriums · cemeteries

Phrases
Family

nurse, nursery, nursing, nursed, nurses, nursemaid, nursemaids, wet nurse, nurseryman

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G