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   hothouse

   /ˈhɒthaʊs/

   noun

   • 1. a heated greenhouse in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown: "hothouse plants"
   • ▪ an environment that encourages rapid growth or development, especially in a stifling or intense way: "the hothouse atmosphere of the college"

   verb

   • 1. educate or teach (a child) to a high level at an earlier age than is usual: "a school that had a reputation for hothousing its girls"

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

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