A gardening business that grows plants for sale or experimentation – a nursery is a great place to gather information about horticulture.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
nursery (noun)1.
obsolete attentive care - fosterage
2.
a) a child's bedroom
b) a place where children are temporarily cared for in their parents' absence
c) - day nursery
3.
a) something that fosters, develops, or promotes
b) a place in which persons are trained or educated
4.
an area where plants are grown for transplanting, for use as stocks for budding and grafting, or for sale
5.
a place where young animals grow or are cared for
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
nursery (noun)1.
a place or environment that favors the development of something
SYNONYMS:
hotbed, hothouse, nest, nidus, nursery, seedbed, seminaryRELATED WORDS:
crucible; base, capital, center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seat; focus, headquarters2.
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
SYNONYMS:
crèche, day nursery, nursery, pre-K, prekindergarten, preschool
Nursery (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English noricerie, norserye (“children's nursery; state of being fostered or nursed; education, upbringing”) [and other forms], from Old French norricerie, nourricerie, from norrice, nourrice (modern French nourrice (“childminder, nanny; wet nurse”)) + -erie (suffix forming feminine nouns). Norrice and nourrice are derived from Late Latin
... Read MorePropagation center, cultivation hub, seedling station, plant nursery, growth facility