terrarium

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  1. noun A small enclosure or closed container in which selected living plants and sometimes small land animals, such as turtles and lizards, are kept and observed.

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  • The far side of the room contained a large homemade terrarium, complete with plants, little pools of water, tree branches and—I looked closer—lizards and snakes. —  Analog, April 2002
  • We first went into a reading room surrounded by stained glass like a tall terrarium, in which the students, rare captive plants, sat around tables whose antiquity was almost as great as that of the college itself. —  The Historian
  • She's sitting next to the terrarium which is in my old bedroom at home. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 03 - March 1995
  • Re larrydalooza @19: And what was the height of the air column in the terrarium, and thus the total depth of CO2 and other greenhouse gases that heat had to travel through, by radiation or convection, before it could escape to space. —  RealClimate
  • ADULT BEARDED DRAGON terrarium, Powersun 160 watt, UVB bulb and hood, decor, and food.
 

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  1. New Latin terrārium : Latin terra, earth; see terrene + -arium.

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  1. from Latin terra, earth: a word modeled on aquarium.
 

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/tɛˈreɪriəm/
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