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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

"We then engineered these into crops, and if that results in an improvement in the glasshouse, then we take it to our experimental farm and test it in a real-world environment," says Prof Long.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2023

“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

They have already begun to build a glasshouse a little way from our fort, with a large furnace for glassmaking.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

The Victorian glasshouses nurture fattening peaches, while in the main garden beyond, a tower of water bursts up into the sky—the highest powered fountain in England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

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

"It's why we are seeing many of the glasshouses across the country mothballed. They should be producing high quality food, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, to deal with this shortage."

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 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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