orangery
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A glass building used to grow orange and lemon trees in cool climates
- noun
- /ˈɔrənˌdʒɛri/
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naranjal
And guess where they were in the orangery.
- And guess where they were in the orangery.
Examples
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In Vienna, I visited the new orangery.
Fiction book (1995) -
The historic orangery at the estate was filled with vibrant citrus trees.
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In the summer, visitors enjoy tea in the elegant orangery surrounded by blooming flowers.
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During our tour, we learned how 17th-century nobility used the orangery to cultivate exotic fruit.
Synonyms
greenhouse
vsorangery
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2.3
A building with glass walls and roof where people grow plants
is a historical specialized building for keeping citrus trees in cooler climates
How Specialized
Surface Forms
orangery singular
orangeries plural
Morphology
Etymology
Orangery comes from the fruit name orange, a word that came to Europe from India, and the ending -ery meaning 'a place for something', like in bakery. So an orangery was originally a building where people grew lemon and orange trees in colder climates.