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Garden

A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

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Familiar 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Familiar 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Broader term 8

Botany 76% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Curtilage 76% connected

A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.

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Flora 76% connected

The goddess of flowers and spring.

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Plot 76% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Tend 76% connected

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

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Vegetation 76% connected

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

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Yard 76% connected

A rod; a stick; a staff.

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Grove 76% connected

A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.

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Orchard 76% connected

A garden.

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Plantation 76% connected

The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.

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Rockery 76% connected

A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.

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Topiary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.

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Landscape 76% connected

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

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Gardener 74% connected

One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.

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Gardener 74% connected

One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.

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Component part 2

Patio 70% connected

A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalga…

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Terrace 70% connected

A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or…

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