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HOT HOUSE [1 record]

Record 1 1991-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shelters (Horticulture)
DEF

A greenhouse maintained at a high temperature for the culture of tender or tropical plants and other plants (as cucumbers and tomatoes) requiring such a temperature.

OBS

Hothouses are artificially heated greenhouses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Abris (Horticulture)
OBS

Elles sont destinées à recevoir les plantes tropicales et équatoriales; la température peut atteindre 30 °C, mais ne doit pas descendre au-dessous de 15 °C. Un moyen de chauffage puissant est donc nécessaire : il faut également beaucoup d'eau pour maintenir l'humidité atmosphérique. Crotons, dracaenas, pandanus sont des plantes de serres chaudes.

Spanish

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