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Garden : (noun)
1: a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
2: the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are
cultivated in a garden
3: a yard or lawn adjoining a house
(verb)
1: work in the garden; "My hobby is gardening"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Garden : \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin,
jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G.
garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]
1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of
herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant
garden of great Italy. --Shak.
Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.
Garden_balsam,_an_ornamental_plant_({Impatiens_Balsamina">Garden balsam, an ornamental plant ({Impatiens Balsamina).
Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
gardens.
Garden glass.
(a) A bell glass for covering plants.
(b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal,
to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an
ornament in gardens in Germany.
Garden house
(a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl.
(b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]
Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds,
fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
Garden mold or mould, rich, mellow earth which is fit for
a garden. --Mortimer.
Garden nail, a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick
walls. --Knight.
Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc.,
to protect them from birds.
Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the
grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
Garden pot, a watering pot.
Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.
Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges,
pruning, etc.
Garden spider, (Zo["o]l.), the diadem spider ({Epeira
diadema), common in gardens, both in Europe and America.
It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and
Spider web.
Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.
Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]
Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling
them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc.
Hanging garden. See under Hanging.
Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated
for household use.
Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are
cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Garden : \Gar"den\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gardened; p. pr. & vb.
n. Gardening.]
To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to
practice horticulture.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Garden : \Gar"den\, v. t.
To cultivate as a garden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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GARDEN. A piece of ground appropriated to raising plants and flowers.
2. AGarden : is a parcel of a house and passes with it. Br. Feoffm. de
terre, 53; 2 Co. 32; Plowd. 171; Co. Litt. 5 b, 56 a, b. But see Moore, 24;
Bac. Ab. Grants, I.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Garden, MI (village, FIPS 31380)
Location: 45.77530 N, 86.55245 W
Population (1990): 268 (138 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49835
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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