Bible Dictionaries
Hothouse

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.

(2):

(n.) A bagnio, or bathing house.

(3):

(n.) A brothel; a bagnio.

(4):

(n.) A heated room for drying green ware.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hothouse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hothouse.html. 1828.