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1. a. Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman. Source: opted
2. Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman. Source: webster
3. Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure forkeeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants froma distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from theinventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman. Source: adambom
4. a. Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman. Source: ecdict

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