hothouse
noun, plural hot·hous·es [hot-hou-ziz] /ˈhɒtˌhaʊ zɪz/.
adjective
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Contemporary Examples of hothouse
If Saudi Arabia is a hothouse flower, then Americans have helped build the greenhouse.
Hothouse by Boris Kachka A romp through the history of venerable publisher Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Outside the hothouse of that environment, he is making sense—though his is a message that many conservatives may not want to hear.
Historical Examples of hothouse
It is with the Hindu mind as if a seed were placed in a hothouse.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume IFriedrich Max Mller
No; it is still the spirits' home—a hothouse for sickly plants.
The Sand-Hills of JutlandHans Christian Andersen
All the stock of hothouse and stove plants at Hartwell Priory.
A Dark Night's WorkElizabeth Gaskell
It is as hot as fire here, and the park has that steamy smell that a hothouse has.
The Heart of RachaelKathleen Norris
She always looked like a hothouse flower, and now she is simply frail.
The Blower of BubblesArthur Beverley Baxter