English dictionary
wardian
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adjective
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Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a <i>Wardian</i> case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. <i>Ward</i>, an Englishman.
Source: webster1913