The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word HOTHOUSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result HOTHOUSE
- Pipe outside grand garden building?
- You no longer must wear breeches in sweaty place
- Very warm environment you formerly encountered in Tube
- . Tropical plant room uses water pipe you long ago put in
- Intense seeing you in nylons!
- Solver wearing tights in outdoor building
- Growing area you once found with watering device outside
- Watering device you once put in place to encourage plant growth
- You must plug water source where heat encourages growth
- Educate intensively in 12 venue?
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The straight part
We know that "where heat encourages growth" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case where heat encourages growth = hothouse.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does HOTHOUSE mean?
HOTHOUSE noun- A heated greenhouse.
- An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
- A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
- A heated room for drying greenware.
- A hot state in global climate.
- (of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.