fern house en · NOUN
Meanings
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A type of greenhouse or shadehouse for growing ferns.
In the seclusion of the latticed fern house, now that dusk had fallen, he lit his pipe[.]
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 62:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fern houses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |