n.
Function: adjective
Date: 1838
1 : grown in a hothouse
2 : suggestive of growth and development in a hothouse <a hothouse existence> also : suggesting a hothouse <a hothouse atmosphere>
n.
Function: adjective
Date: 1838
1 : grown in a hothouse
2 : suggestive of growth and development in a hothouse <a hothouse existence> also : suggesting a hothouse <a hothouse atmosphere>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012