noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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hothouse flowers
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For almost two weeks, Saigon was a hothouse that bred a combustion of burning chemicals and fuel.
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He was cold, very cold despite the hothouse temperature of the atrium.
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In contrast, she was an oven, a hothouse for all manner of cultivations.
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Like Amy she may find the White House becomes a hothouse .
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The hothouse flowers gardenia and stephanotis had to be coaxed and nurtured into flowering for the posies and the bridegroom's buttonhole.
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The manservant came in, cleared the empty plates and brought a great bowlful of pears and hothouse peaches.
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Why does Venus have a hellish hothouse of an atmosphere and the Moon have no atmosphere at all?