garden vs quadrat

garden

noun
  • An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes. 

  • Such an ornamental place to which the public have access. 

  • The twentieth Lenormand card. 

  • The grounds at the front or back of a house. 

  • A cluster; a bunch. 

  • Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks. 

  • Taking place in, or used in, such a garden. 

adj
  • Common, ordinary, domesticated. 

verb
  • Of a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities. 

  • To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden. 

quadrat

noun
  • An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc. 

  • A virtual rectangular subdivision of a line or column of hieroglyphs within which a group of hieroglyphs is arranged. 

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