Hothouse

·noun A brothel; a bagnio.

II. Hothouse ·noun A bagnio, or bathing house.

III. Hothouse ·noun A heated room for drying green ware.

IV. Hothouse ·noun A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.