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   nursery

   /ˈnəːs(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a room in a house for the special use of young children: "a toy-strewn nursery"
   • ▪ a place where young children are cared for during the working day; a nursery school.
   • ▪ an institution or environment in which certain types of people or qualities are fostered or bred: "that nursery of traitors"
   • ▪ a place or natural habitat which breeds or supports animals: "this estuary provides a vast nursery for fish"
   • ▪ denoting a race for two-year-old horses: "a six-furlong nursery handicap"
   • 2. a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere: "the plants are available from specialist nurseries"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French nourice ‘nurse’ (see nurse1) + -ery.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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