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noun (plural: nurseries)
  1. (obsolete) The act of nursing
"Her kind nursery." "Shakespeare
  1. A place where nursing is carried on; as:
  2. A place, or apartment, in a house, used for the care of children.
  4. A place where young trees, shrubs, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting; a plantation of young trees.
  6. The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
  7. "Fair Padua, nursery of arts." "Shakespeare
  8.  
  9. Christian families are the nurseries of the
  10. church on earth, as she is the nursery of the
  11. church in heaven. "J. M. Mason
  13. That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen.
    1. (rare) That which is nursed.
     
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