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Orangery

noun
1.
A place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas.





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"Orangery" Quotes from Famous Books



... about two miles from Berlin, there is another palace with a beautiful garden, orangery, and the choicest flowers; but the most attractive object here is the mausoleum, a beautiful structure, containing two most remarkable statues of the late King and Queen, on which the light is transmitted ...
— A Journey in Russia in 1858 • Robert Heywood
... an excellent home for a large family with a small income. A single man lives at the best hotel (Nazionale) for forty-five francs per week. A country-house with nine bedrooms, cellarage, stabling, dog-house, orangery, and large garden, is to be had for 25l. a year. Fowls cost less than a franc; turkeys, if you do not buy them from a shipchandler, two francs and a half. The strong and sherry-flavoured white wine of Zante rarely exceeds three shillings ...
— To the Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Vol. I • Richard F. Burton
... kindest regards, and has sent you some preserves, also some peaches out of the orangery, and mushrooms. They are ...
— The Precipice • Ivan Goncharov


Words linked to "Orangery" :   plantation, nursery, glasshouse, greenhouse


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