market garden

See also: market-garden

English

Noun

market garden (plural market gardens)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• truck garden (chiefly US)

Coordinate terms

• 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

• market gardener
• market gardening

Translations

a garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market

• Catalan: horta (ca) f
• Dutch: tuinderij (nl) f
• Finnish: kauppapuutarha (fi)
• French: maraichage (fr) m
• German: Gärtnerei (de) f
• Irish: garraí margaidh m, gairdín margaidh m
• Latin: holerarium n, olitōrius (adj.)
• Spanish: huerto (es) m

References

• “market”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.