seedbed

English

seed +‎ bed

seedbed (plural seedbeds)

Ground prepared for the planting of seeds.
(figuratively) A place conducive to development and attainment.
Paris was a seedbed of artistic creation in the 1920s.

Synonym: hotbed

ground prepared for planting of seeds

Chinese:
Mandarin: 苗床 (zh) (miáochuáng), 苗圃 (zh) (miáopǔ)
Finnish: kylvöpenkki
Galician: morteiro (gl) m, pebideiro m, alcouve (gl) m, porral m, sementeiro (gl) m
German: Saatbett n, Saatbeet n
Hindi: बीअड़ f (bīaṛ)
Irish: ceapach síl f
Japanese: 苗床 (ja) (なえどこ, naedoko), 苗圃 (びょうほ, byōho)
Korean: 묘상 (ko) (myosang), 묘포 (ko) (myopo)
Maori: pārekereke, tāpapa
Ottoman Turkish: یاصدق (yasdık)
Polish: rozsadnik (pl) m, szkółka (pl) f
Russian: расса́дник (ru) m (rassádnik), гря́дка (ru) f (grjádka)
Spanish: semillero, almácigo (es) m, almáciga (es) f
Tamil: நாற்றங்கால் (ta) (nāṟṟaṅkāl), நாற்றுப்பாத்தி (ta) (nāṟṟuppātti), நாற்றங்கொல்லை (ta) (nāṟṟaṅkollai)
Tibetan: སོན་ཞིང (son zhing)

figuratively: place conducive to development and attainment

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