As nouns the difference between orangery and greenhouse
is that orangery is a greenhouse in which orange trees are grown while greenhouse is a building traditionally made of glass, but now also made from plastics such as polyethylene, in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass or plastic.
orangery
English
Noun
(orangeries)
A greenhouse in which orange trees are grown.
greenhouse
Noun
(
en noun)
A building traditionally made of glass, but now also made from plastics such as polyethylene, in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside such a building by the action of heat from the sun, this heat being trapped inside by the glass or plastic.
Usage notes
: In the UK, greenhouse is the term used domestically. Large commercial greenhouses are called glasshouses by professionals.
Synonyms
* glasshouse (chiefly commercial)
Derived terms
* greenhouse bug
* greenhouse effect
* greenhouse gas
See also
* cloche
* hothouse
* orangery
* polytunnel
External links
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==Guernésiais==
Noun
(f)
Synonyms
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