potager

/ (ˈpɒtɪdʒə) /


noun
  1. a small kitchen garden

Origin of potager

1
C17: from French potagère vegetable garden

Words Nearby potager

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How to use potager in a sentence

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

  • Why, the potager of the Villa du Lac supplies the whole of Lacville with fruit and flowers!

    The Chink in the Armour | Marie Belloc Lowndes
  • "Le potager Gressent," Paris, 1885, an excellent practical work.

    The Conquest of Bread | Peter Kropotkin
  • From now on French gardens were divided specifically into the potager and verger.

    Royal Palaces and Parks of France | Milburg Francisco Mansfield
  • No sooner were the ornamental gardens planned at Versailles than the potager du Roy, or fruit and vegetable garden, was created.

    Royal Palaces and Parks of France | Milburg Francisco Mansfield