market garden
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See also: market-garden
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
market garden (plural market gardens)
- (chiefly UK) A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5
- Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5
Synonyms[edit]
- truck garden (chiefly US)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- pleasure ground (section of a large garden not intended for edible plants)
- vegetable garden (garden or section of garden for edible plants intended for personal or household use)
- orchard (farm, garden, or section of garden for trees bearing edible fruit)
- truck farm (chiefly US, a large market garden or small farm)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market
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References[edit]
- “market”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.