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garden

garden

23 5.8
A personal online collection of notes and ideas that grows over time
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɑrdən/
  • Jargon
translation icon : jardín digital
  • Much of the diversity present in Doa Maria's garden had to be acquired elsewhere.

Examples

  • And I did grab some fresh herbs from the garden, have some spicy type basil.

  • She created a digital garden where she could organize her notes and share her creative ideas.

  • In these works, the garden complex is the focus, and the plants are considered design elements.

    Academic text (2004)
  • You see, in the garden of our economy, growth has its seasons.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We have to tend to this garden of democracy or else things could fall apart quickly," he said.

    Academic text (2018)
  • More research needs to be done, including on the ecology of the garden itself.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Third, gardeners continually defend, in partnership with nonprofit organizations, their right to garden on prime development land.

    Academic text (2004)
  • He regularly updates his personal garden with new thoughts and drafts for his writing projects.

  • The online garden allows users to collaborate and exchange ideas in a shared digital space.

Idioms

A situation that seems very good but may hide problems

9.8

A person who makes others feel awkward at a social gathering

Compounds

Garden of Eden
  • Literature
23 5.1

A perfect, untouched garden in the Bible where the first humans lived and a way to say an unspoiled place

garden variety
  • Informal
20 3.5

Common and not special or unusual

13 1.5

A long flexible tube that carries water to plants or the lawn

A small piece of land where you grow vegetables to eat

10 1.1

A garden where people grow roses for decoration and display

A place where local people grow vegetables and flowers together

A garden that grows many kinds of plants for study and for people to enjoy

8 2.3

An outdoor social event in a garden with food, drink, and music

A garden where people grow many flowers for beauty

5 2.0

A small garden where people grow herbs for cooking or medicine

5 3.2

A garden with many rocks and low plants like mountain flowers

4 3.6

A nickname for the US state of New Jersey

3 2.1

An outdoor area next to a pub where people sit to drink beer

walled garden
  • Jargon
2 7.9

A closed online space a company controls to limit access and sharing

2 1.0

A tool used to work in a garden, like a spade or rake

A garden on the roof of a building where people grow plants or relax

victory garden
  • Archaic
2 4.9

A garden planted during war to grow vegetables to help feed families

A garden with regular shapes, straight paths and neatly trimmed plants

1 2.6

A small area near a house where people grow vegetables and herbs for the home

1 3.5

A garden on the flat roof of a building where people grow plants or relax

1 1.0

A plant people grow outside near their house for flowers or food

A garden where people grow fruit and vegetables to sell

A planned work to make or improve a garden

1 2.3

A small wheeled container with handles used in a garden to carry tools or plants

1 1.3

A chair for sitting outside in a garden or on a lawn

1 5.7

A 2004 American film about a young man who returns to his hometown and deals with his feelings

A small hand tool with a pointed metal blade for digging and planting in soil

1 1.7

A tool with a long handle and a bar with teeth for gathering leaves or smoothing soil

1 1.6

A small animal with a shell that moves slowly and eats garden plants

veggie garden
  • Informal
1 2.7

A small area where people grow vegetables for their own use

A place where people go to see live wild animals

A large North American spider with black and yellow markings often found in gardens

Ordinary and not special

A small fast-growing herb with peppery leaves used in salads and as a garnish

Ordinary and not special, like a simple jacket you can buy anywhere

A garden plant with broad leaves and long hanging red flower spikes

9.9

The private area of a woman between her legs

A small garden bush that produces tart red berries for cooking and jam

6.5

A small round eggplant that people eat as a vegetable in West Africa

A small plant often grown in gardens with tiny blue, purple, or white flowers

A tall plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and roots used in medicine

A small garden plant people grow for edible dark or orange berries

A leafy vegetable grown in gardens for fresh salads

A tall plant with yellow flowers often seen as a weed in wet areas

A climbing plant with bright orange flowers whose seeds people sometimes eat like capers

A leafy plant like spinach that you cook or eat raw

garden angelica
  • Specialized
8.2

A plant people grow for its thick stems and roots that they candy or use as medicine

A bushy plant with lemon-scented leaves and small white or yellow flowers that people use in teas

A small many-legged creature that lives in soil and eats plant roots

A plant with spicy leaves that grows quickly and is used in salads

A plant that grows peas you eat fresh

A plant grown for its small green seeds that people eat fresh

A small round green seed often eaten as a vegetable

2.8

A common spider that lives in gardens and makes round webs

A low plant that makes sweet red fruit people eat fresh or in desserts

garden symphilid
  • Specialized
9.9

A very small animal that lives in soil and eats plant roots in gardens or greenhouses

4.6

Fresh fruits and vegetables that farmers grow to sell at markets

A small plant with purple or white flowers that grows in gardens

A small plant with spicy leaves used to add flavor to salads and decorate food

A small garden plant with bright, often sweet smelling flowers

A plant with thick red or green stalks that taste tart and are cooked in pies

4.7

A leafy plant with a strong peppery taste often used in salads

A heavy round tool you roll to press and level a lawn

A plant with sour leaves used in salads and cooking

A hand tool with a flat rectangular blade for digging and edging soil

garden webworm
  • Specialized
7.5

A caterpillar that spins webs on garden plants and eats their leaves

A garden where plants, soil, and helpful animals live in balance

A field where plants used to make beer are grown

A place inside a house or office where people grow plants for decoration

A nickname for the US state North Dakota because of the Peace Garden on its border

A garden set lower than the land around it in a pit or hollow

3.0

A garden or outdoor area where people sit to drink tea and eat light food

truck garden
  • Specialized
6.0

A small farm that grows vegetables to sell at local markets

How Developed

knowledge base
  • Specialized
7 3.4
garden
  • Jargon
23 5.8
collection
759 1.4
notebook
187 1.0
note
1.0

Surface Forms

garden singular
gardens plural

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the modern sense of garden (a 'digital garden') is to imagine a real garden where ideas are planted, grown, and cared for over time, so a personal online collection of notes is called a 'garden' because it grows and changes like plants.