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moon garden

moon garden noun: a garden designed to be enjoyed primarily in the evening or at night, with an emphasis on plants and features that are particularly visible or fragrant in low light conditions.

Noun

moon garden (plural moon gardens)

  1. A garden designed to be enjoyed primarily in the evening or at night, with an emphasis on plants and features that are particularly visible or fragrant in low light conditions.
    • The voices of the children stopped the moment he stepped out of the moon. “Oh-h-h-h!” cried all the children, “here is David again.” The beautiful lady was sitting on the soft, warm grass, holding in her lap a new little child, who had just come into the moon-garden.1895, Howard Pyle, The Garden Behind the Moon: A Real Story of the Moon Angel, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 95
    • The visual beauty of the moon garden relies in large part on the contrast of white and black. Snow reflects moonlight in much the same way that white flowers will in summertime.2009, Charles W. G. Smith, The Big Book of Gardening Secrets, Storey Publishing, page 249

Forms of moon garden

pluralmoon gardens

Questions about moon garden

What does moon garden mean?
Moon garden means a garden designed to be enjoyed primarily in the evening or at night, with an emphasis on plants and features that are particularly visible or fragrant in low light conditions.
What part of speech is moon garden?
Moon garden is a noun.
What is the plural of moon garden?
The plural of moon garden is moon gardens.

Words near moon garden in the dictionary

  1. moon faces
  2. moon facies
  3. moon flask
  4. moon flasks
  5. moon flood
  6. moon garden
  7. moon gardens
  8. moon gate
  9. moon gates
  10. moon god
  11. moon goddess

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