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nursery noun [ ˈnəːs(ə)ri ]

• a room in a house for the special use of young children.
• "a toy-strewn nursery"
• a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere.
• "the plants are available from specialist nurseries"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French nourice ‘nurse’ (see nurse1) + -ery.


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