Orangery vs. Greenhouse — What's the Difference?

An orangery or orangerie was a room or a dedicated building on the grounds of fashionable residences from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, as a very large form of greenhouse or conservatory.The orangery provided a luxurious extension of the normal range and season of woody plants, extending the protection which had long been afforded by the warmth offered from a masonry fruit wall. A century after the use for orange and lime trees had been established, other varieties of tender plants, shrubs and exotic plants also came to be housed in the orangery, which often gained a stove for the upkeep of these delicate plants in the cold winters of northern Europe.

A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse, or, if with sufficient heating, a hothouse) is a structure with walls and roof made chiefly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to industrial-sized buildings.

A sheltered place, especially a greenhouse, used for growing orange trees and other delicate plants in cool climates.

A glass building in which plants that need protection from cold weather are grown.

A greenhouse in which orange trees are grown.

A structure, primarily of glass or sheets of clear plastic, in which temperature and humidity can be controlled for the cultivation or protection of plants.

A garden or plantation where orange trees are grown.

(Slang) A clear plastic bubble or shell covering part of an aircraft.

A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.

A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

The glass of a plane's cockpit.

(medicine) A structure that shields the operating table to protect against bacteria.

(climatology) A hot state in global climate.

(transitive) To place (plants) in a greenhouse.

To nurture in order to promote growth.

A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

Of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect;