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   Nurs·er·y

   /ˈnərs(ə)rē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a room in a house for the special use of young children.
   • ▪ a place where young children are cared for during the working day; a nursery school.
   • ▪ a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting elsewhere.
   • ▪ a place or natural habitat that breeds or supports animals: "this estuary provides a vast nursery for fish"
   • ▪ an institution or environment in which certain types of people or qualities are fostered or bred: "that nursery of traitors"

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

   Scrabble Points: 10

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