as in greenhouse
a glass-enclosed building for growing plants
a glasshouse for growing tropical plants
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The folks in Turin have done away with the glasshouse completely but devised a nifty way to protect your neck.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
According to Marc Hachadourian, NYBG’s director of glasshouse horticulture and senior curator of orchids, orchids were gifted to socialites and movie stars of the 1920s by horticulturists to increase their popularity.
—Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2023
This year’s display was a collaboration between Andy Pratt, director of gardens and glasshouse, and Ryan Sandy, manager of exhibitions.
—Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
The glasshouse is vast and the pillars supporting the roof are narrow, allowing sunlight to flood the interior, while the view out to the Spirit of Ecstasy ornament, far ahead of me at the end of that regal procession of bonnet, is uninterrupted.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2022
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
According to Marc Hachadourian, NYBG’s director of glasshouse horticulture and senior curator of orchids, orchids were gifted to socialites and movie stars of the 1920s by horticulturists to increase their popularity.
—Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2023
This year’s display was a collaboration between Andy Pratt, director of gardens and glasshouse, and Ryan Sandy, manager of exhibitions.
—Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
The glasshouse is vast and the pillars supporting the roof are narrow, allowing sunlight to flood the interior, while the view out to the Spirit of Ecstasy ornament, far ahead of me at the end of that regal procession of bonnet, is uninterrupted.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2022
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