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A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.

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  1. n. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
  2. n. A bagnio, or bathing house.
  3. n. A brothel; a bagnio.
  4. n. A heated room for drying green ware.
  5. n. a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
  6. 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. [Obs.] Shak. 3. A brothel; a bagnio. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 4. (Pottery) A heated room for drying green ware.
  7. n:100 n a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner