Stove plant

(Bot.) a plant which requires artificial heat to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.

See also: Stove

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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It was used to describe the ornatelymade and furnished conservatories and greenhouses that were attached to the house and in which were grown a whole host of tender or stove plants.