potager

British

/ ˈpɒtɪdʒə /

noun

a small kitchen garden

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Etymology

Origin of potager

C17: from French potagère vegetable garden

Example Sentences

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I drew inspiration from French kitchen gardens, known as potager.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023

If you want your veggie garden to resemble the groomed potager of a French chateau, no-till probably isn’t for you.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2021

They are yearning for sweeps of flowering perennials, or a potager or merely a lawn.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2015

"Have you yet visited the potager?" he asked, deferentially.

From The Chink in the Armour by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

The gardener could not account for the depredations committed on his potager till accident led him to discover the mystery.

From The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon by Risk Allah, Habeeb

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