"garden" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin,
jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G.
garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.]
1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of
   herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.

         I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant
         garden of great Italy.                --Shak.

Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
      compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
      walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.

{Garden balsam}, an ornamental plant ({Impatiens Balsamina}).


{Garden engine}, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
   gardens.

{Garden glass}.
   (a) A bell glass for covering plants.
   (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal,
       to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an
       ornament in gardens in Germany.

{Garden house}
   (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl.
   (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]

{Garden husbandry}, the raising on a small scale of seeds,
   fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.

{Garden} {mold or mould}, rich, mellow earth which is fit for
   a garden. --Mortimer.

{Garden nail}, a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick
   walls. --Knight.

{Garden net}, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc.,
   to protect them from birds.

{Garden party}, a social party held out of doors, within the
   grounds or garden attached to a private residence.

{Garden plot}, a plot appropriated to a garden.

{Garden pot}, a watering pot.

{Garden pump}, a garden engine; a barrow pump.

{Garden shears}, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges,
   pruning, etc.

{Garden spider}, (Zo["o]l.), the diadem spider ({Epeira
   diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America.
   It spins a geometrical web. See {Geometric spider}, and
   {Spider web}.

{Garden stand}, a stand for flower pots.

{Garden stuff}, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]

{Garden syringe}, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling
   them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.

{Garden truck}, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]


{Garden ware}, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

{Bear garden}, {Botanic garden}, etc. See under {Bear}, etc.


{Hanging garden}. See under {Hanging}.

{Kitchen garden}, a garden where vegetables are cultivated
   for household use.

{Market garden}, a piece of ground where vegetable are
   cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.

\Gar"den\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gardened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Gardening}.]
To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to
practice horticulture.

\Gar"den\, v. t.
To cultivate as a garden.