garden : Idioms & Phrases

• . (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. M. Arnold.

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• etc. See under Bear, etc.

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• a garden or inclosure to set beehives in ; an apiary. Mortimer.

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• noun tavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are served
  

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• noun a widely distributed North American garden spider
  Argiope aurantia.
  

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• a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany.

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• noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
  arboretum.
  

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• noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish
  Lepidium sativum; common garden cress; pepperwort; pepper grass.
  

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• adjective satellite the usual or familiar type
  
  • it is a common or garden sparrow

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• noun a garden featuring flowering plants
  

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• noun the cultivation of flowering plants
  floriculture.
  

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• noun a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs
  

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• rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. Mortimer.

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• noun a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally
  archangel; Angelica Archangelica.
  

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• noun bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
  sweet balm; lemon balm; bee balm; Melissa officinalis; beebalm.
  

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• an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).

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• noun a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
  lawn cart; wheelbarrow; barrow.
  

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• noun minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops
  symphilid; garden centipede; Scutigerella immaculata.
  

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• noun chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden
  lawn chair.
  

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• noun cress cultivated for salads and garnishes
  

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• noun cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
  red currant; Ribes rubrum.
  

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• noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
  aubergine; eggplant; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; brinjal; mad apple.
  

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• a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.

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• noun small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers
  Myosotis sylvatica.
  

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• . (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany.

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• noun tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally
  Valeriana officinalis; common valerian.
  

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• noun a hose used for watering a lawn or garden
  

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• (a) A summer house. Beau & Fl. (b) A privy. Southern U.S.

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• noun improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
  sunberry; Solanum melanocerasum; wonderberry; Solanum nigrum guineese; Solanum burbankii.
  

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• the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.

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• noun annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown
  Lactuca sativa; common lettuce.
  

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• noun frequently considered a weed; Europe and Asia
  yellow loosestrife; Lysimachia vulgaris.
  

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• a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls. Knight.

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• noun strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers
  Indian cress; Tropaeolum majus.
  

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• a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.

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• noun a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
  Eden.
  

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• noun Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America
  Atriplex hortensis; mountain spinach.
  

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• noun a party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors
  fete champetre; lawn party.
  

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• a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence.

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• noun the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant
  
• noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
  Pisum sativum; garden pea; common pea.
  
• noun fresh pea
  green pea.
  

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• noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
  Pisum sativum; garden pea; common pea.
  

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• noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish
  Lepidium sativum; common garden cress; pepperwort; pepper grass.
  

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• noun any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
  pink.
  

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• noun any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden
  

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• a plot appropriated to a garden.

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• a watering pot.

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• a garden engine; a barrow pump.

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• noun a rake used by gardeners
  

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• noun long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves
  Rheum rhaponticum; Rheum rhabarbarum; pie plant; Rheum cultorum.
  

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• noun erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
  rocket; roquette; Eruca vesicaria sativa; arugula; Eruca sativa; rocket salad.
  

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• noun heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns
  

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• large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc.

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• noun any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests
  

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• noun low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
  Rumex scutatus; French sorrel.
  
• noun European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens
  sour dock; Rumex acetosa.
  

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• noun a spade used by gardeners
  

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• noun a spider common in European gardens
  Aranea diademata.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the diadem spider (Epeira diadema), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web.

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• a stand for flower pots.

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• noun a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
  NJ; Jersey; New Jersey.
  

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• noun a native of resident of New Jersey
  New Jerseyan; New Jerseyite.
  

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• noun widely cultivated
  Fragaria ananassa; cultivated strawberry.
  

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• vegetables raised in a garden. Colloq.

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• noun minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops
  symphilid; garden centipede; Scutigerella immaculata.
  

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• a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.

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• noun used for working in gardens or yards
  lawn tool.
  

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• noun a trowel used by gardeners
  

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• noun fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
  green goods; produce; green groceries.
  

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• vegetables raised for the market. Colloq.

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• noun European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
  English violet; Viola odorata; sweet violet.
  

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• garden truck. Obs. Mortimer.

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• noun a variety of webworm
  Loxostege similalis.
  

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• a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.

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• noun a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC
  

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• noun a garden for growing herbs
  

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• noun a garden where hops are grown
  hop field.
  

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• noun a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
  conservatory; hothouse.
  

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• noun annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
  prince's-plume; Polygonum orientale; princess feather; prince's-feather.
  

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• noun a small garden where vegetables are grown
  vegetable patch; kitchen garden.
  

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• a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use.

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• noun working as a landscape gardener
  landscaping.
  

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• The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.

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• noun a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing
  

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• a garden in which vegetables are raised for market.
• a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.

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• noun the growing of vegetables or flowers for market
  

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• the raising of vegetables for market.

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• noun a state of north central United States bordering on Canada
  ND; North Dakota.
  

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• noun a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants
  rockery.
  

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• noun a garden on a flat roof of a building
  

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• noun a garden for growing roses
  

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• an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore.

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• noun a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it
  

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• noun a public garden where tea is served
  

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• a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served.

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• noun a farm where vegetables are grown for market
  truck farm.
  

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• noun formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris
  Tuileries.
  

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• noun a small garden where vegetables are grown
  vegetable patch; kitchen garden.
  

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• noun a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food shortages
  

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• noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
  menagerie; zoo.
  

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