garden

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

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
Garden 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, (Zool.), 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cultivate as a garden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a garden. [ R. ] W. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]