hothouse conditions
- noun
- /ˈhoʊthaʊs kənˈdɪʃənz/
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condiciones de invernadero
- Orchids often flourish best under hothouse conditions that mimic their native tropical habitat.
Examples
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When seedlings are raised in hothouse conditions, they may require gradual exposure to outdoor weather before planting.
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Certain exotic plants cannot survive outside of hothouse conditions in colder climates.
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The plants thrived in the hothouse conditions of the greenhouse.
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Under hothouse conditions, the flowers bloomed faster than expected.
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Orchids often flourish best under hothouse conditions that mimic their native tropical habitat.
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Certain exotic plants cannot survive outside of hothouse conditions in colder climates.
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Under hothouse conditions, the flowers bloomed faster than expected.
Synonyms
11
4.8
A heated greenhouse for growing tropical and delicate plants
1
7.6
A warm bed of soil under glass used to start young plants
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
hothouse + conditions
The phrase is directly interpretable from 'hothouse' (a heated greenhouse that forces rapid plant growth) combined with 'conditions' (circumstances), yielding 'circumstances that foster rapid or artificial development.' This metaphorical but transparent mapping follows a clear compositional logic and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Hothouse conditions comes from the literal hothouse, a very warm glass house where people keep plants so they can grow in high heat and humidity. That's why the phrase means an environment with high temperature and moisture used to help plants 'grow well'.