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Wardian cases

Wardian cases is the plural of Wardian case.

Meaning of Wardian case

Noun

Wardian case (plural Wardian cases)

  1. An early kind of protective container for transporting plants etc.
    • We had brought with us from the Botanical Gardens in Queensland several Wardian cases filled with banana suckers, mangoes, and other varieties of fruit trees, as well as a supply of vegetable seeds - melons, pumpkins, and cucumbers, all of which, in due time, partially supplied the want experienced...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 121

Questions about Wardian cases

What is Wardian cases the plural of?
Wardian cases is the plural of Wardian case.

Words near Wardian cases in the dictionary

  1. wardialer
  2. wardialers
  3. wardialing
  4. Wardian
  5. Wardian case
  6. Wardian cases
  7. warding
  8. warding off
  9. wardings
  10. wardite
  11. Wardlaw

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