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glasshouse

[glas-hous, glahs-] / ˈglæsˌhaʊs, ˈglɑs- /
NOUN
conservatory
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“There’s something out there that thinks a corpse flower smells like heaven,” said Marc Hachadourian, director of glasshouse horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden, which hosted a corpse flower bloom last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

They added this yeast to bee diets and tested it over three months in controlled glasshouse experiments.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2026

“Santa Maria will be one of the last growing areas in California before everything probably goes glasshouse or indoor in places like Detroit or Chicago or New Jersey,” Harrison said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2022

Fiona Inches, glasshouse supervisor for the Edinburgh Biomes Initiative, said the work was vital because the current condition of the buildings meant the plants were vulnerable.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2021

“Number eight, getting caught stealing grapes from the glasshouse in the kitchen garden. That’s another birching. ’Course we’re all too old now for birchings and for grape-stealing.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Higher fuel prices have made it more expensive to heat glasshouses, where many local crops are grown, adding to the pressure on producers.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

Under Theodore Roosevelt, putting up the West Wing required removing glasshouses used for growing plants.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

After growing in glasshouses, harvesting and polishing the rice grains, they found that the vitamin B1 content was increased in rice grains from these lines.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2024

Crafted in Lancashire, England, where the company, Hartley Botanic, has been manufacturing glasshouses since 1938, the Patio is available in 15 colors. $4,400 at hartley-botanic.com.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

The two sky lakes were frozen solid, and the trio of glasshouses glittered with a light sheen of ice.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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