Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In horticulture, a bed made of tan; a bark-bed or bark-stove. See
bark-bed .
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Examples
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Mr. FAIRBAIRN planted the roots in pots of earth, composed of rotten wood and decayed leaves, plunging them into the tan-bed of a pit of considerable size.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 5 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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