Definitions
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- noun An early kind of
protective container fortransporting plants etc.
Etymologies
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Named after its inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward.
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Examples
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Many fashionable homes boasted a Wardian case (a glass case similar to a terrarium) to display a collection of ferns.
Pteridomania - Fern Madness Ellen Castelow 2024
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