Bible Dictionaries
Wardian

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; - so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.

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