ORANGERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orangery mean? 

• ORANGERY (noun)
  The noun ORANGERY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ORANGERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORANGERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("orangery" is a kind of...):

glasshouse; greenhouse (a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions)

plantation (an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas))