wardian

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wardian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wardian \Ward"i*an\, a.
     Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for
     keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing
     plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so
     named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
     [1913 Webster]