Greenhouse vs. Polyhouse

Greenhousenoun

A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

Greenhousenoun

The glass of a plane's cockpit.

Greenhouseverb

(transitive) To place (plants) in a greenhouse.

Greenhousenoun

A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

Greenhousenoun

a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

Greenhouseadjective

of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect;

Greenhousenoun

a glass building in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown.

Greenhouse

A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse, or, if with sufficient heating, a hothouse) is a structure with walls and roof made chiefly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to industrial-sized buildings.

Polyhousenoun

A polytunnel; a greenhouse or tunnel made of polyethylene, used to grow plants that require a higher temperature and/or humidity.