'Epeira diadema' definitions:

Definition of 'Epeira diadema'

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  • Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]
  • 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. [1913 Webster]
  • I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. [1913 Webster]
  • Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
  • Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.
  • Garden glass. (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany.
  • Garden house (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl. (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]
  • Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
  • Garden mold or Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. --Mortimer.
  • Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick walls. --Knight.
  • Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.
  • Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
  • Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
  • Garden pot, a watering pot.
  • Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.
  • Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc.
  • Garden spider, (Zool.), the diadem spider ({Epeira diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web.
  • Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.
  • Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]
  • Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
  • Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
  • Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
  • Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc.
  • Hanging garden. See under Hanging.
  • Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use.
  • Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use. [1913 Webster]