HOTHOUSE

[noun] [C] hothouses - a usually large heated glass building in which plants are grownhothouse tomatoesCucumbers and tomatoes ripened in her hothouses.(figurative) He was attracted by the hothouse atmosphere of Britain's top schools (= in which children are forced to develop quickly).(US) Hothouse children are children who are protected from experiencing the more unpleasant parts of life and society by their parents.