market garden

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market garden (plural market gardens)

  1. (chiefly UK) A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.
    Synonym: truck garden (chiefly US)
    Coordinate terms: orchard, pleasure ground, truck farm, vegetable garden
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 5
      Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val.

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