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Noun: greenhouse  'green`haws
  1. A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
    - nursery, glasshouse [Brit]
Adjective: greenhouse  'green`haws
  1. Of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect
    "greenhouse gases"

Derived forms: greenhouses

See also: greenhouse effect

Type of: building, edifice

Encyclopedia: Greenhouse