market garden

See also: market-garden

English

Noun

market garden (plural market gardens)

(chiefly UK) A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5
  Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val.

Synonyms

truck garden (chiefly US)

Coordinate terms

pleasure ground (section of a large garden not intended for edible plants)
vegetable garden (garden or section of garden for edible plants intended for personal or household use)
orchard (farm, garden, or section of garden for trees bearing edible fruit)
truck farm (chiefly US, a large market garden or small farm)

Derived terms

Translations

a garden in which vegetables are raised for sale at a market

Catalan: horta (ca) f
Dutch: tuinderij (nl) f
Finnish: kauppapuutarha (fi)
French: maraichage (fr) m
German: Gärtnerei (de) f
Irish: garraí margaidh m, gairdín margaidh m
Latin: holerarium n, olitōrius (adj.)
Spanish: huerto (es) m

References

“market”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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