01 n. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
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1.
A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
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2.
A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.“I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Garden balsam —
an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
Garden engine —
a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.
Garden glass —
A bell glass for covering plants.
Garden house —
A summer house.
Garden husbandry —
the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
Garden mold —
rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden.
Garden nail —
a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick walls.
Garden net —
a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.
Garden party —
a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
Garden plot —
a plot appropriated to a garden.
Garden pot —
a watering pot.
Garden pump —
a garden engine; a barrow pump.
Garden shears —
large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc.
Garden spider —
the diadem spider (Epeira diadema), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web.
Garden stand —
a stand for flower pots.
Garden stuff —
vegetables raised in a garden.
Garden syringe —
a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
Garden truck —
vegetables raised for the market.
Garden ware —
garden truck.
Bear garden —
See under Bear, etc.
Hanging garden —
See under Hanging.
Kitchen garden —
a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use.
Market garden —
a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.