1. hothouse - Noun
2. hothouse - Verb
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.
A bagnio, or bathing house.
A brothel; a bagnio.
A heated room for drying green ware.
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Rhubarb grown in hothouses (heated greenhouses ) is called "hothouse rhubarb", and is typically made available at consumer markets in early spring, before outdoor cultivated rhubarb is available. Source: Internet
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Versace’s multihued petal power overflowed with hothouse citrus, turquoise, pink, and violet—all those shades that look best in the sun, on utterly bodacious bodies. Source: Internet
Further, war acts as a kind of hothouse for forced, quick breeding of attitudes and feelings. Source: Internet
In the beginning of the Late Ordovician, from 460 to 450 Ma, volcanoes along the margin of the Iapetus Ocean spewed massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, turning the planet into a hothouse. Source: Internet