Nursery1. (n.) The act of nursing.
2. (n.) The place where nursing is carried on
3. (n.) The place, or apartment, in a house, appropriated to the care of children.
4. (n.) A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are propagated for the purpose of transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
5. (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
6. (n.) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
7. (n.) That which is nursed.
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