garden
    n 1: a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
    2: the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are
       cultivated in a garden
    3: a yard or lawn adjoining a house
    v 1: work in the garden; "My hobby is gardening"

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.
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   2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
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            I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
            The pleasant garden of great Italy.   --Shak.
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   Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
         compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
         walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.
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   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.
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Garden \Gar"den\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gardened; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Gardening.]
   To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to
   practice horticulture.
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Garden \Gar"den\, v. t.
   To cultivate as a garden.
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GARDEN. A piece of ground appropriated to raising plants and flowers. 
     2. A garden is a parcel of a house and passes with it. Br. Feoffm. de 
terre, 53; 2 Co. 32; Plowd. 171; Co. Litt. 5 b, 56 a, b. But see Moore, 24; 
Bac. Ab. Grants, I. 

Garden -- U.S. County in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    2292
   Housing Units (2000): 1298
   Land area (2000):     1704.398990 sq. miles (4414.372932 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    26.596685 sq. miles (68.885095 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1730.995675 sq. miles (4483.258027 sq. km)
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             41.527955 N, 102.344241 W
   Headwords:
    Garden
    Garden, NE
    Garden County
    Garden County, NE

Garden, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
   Population (2000):    240
   Housing Units (2000): 129
   Land area (2000):     0.847775 sq. miles (2.195726 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.170234 sq. miles (0.440904 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.018009 sq. miles (2.636630 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            31380
   Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
   Location:             45.774399 N, 86.551585 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     49835
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Garden, MI
    Garden

Garden, UT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Utah
   Population (2000):    83
   Housing Units (2000): 533
   Land area (2000):     28.294440 sq. miles (73.282259 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.018358 sq. miles (0.047547 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    28.312798 sq. miles (73.329806 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            27902
   Located within:       Utah (UT), FIPS 49
   Location:             41.889777 N, 111.395608 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Garden, UT
    Garden