#wordoftheday GREEN FINGERS –

PLURAL N.
Considerable talent or ability to grow plants.

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#wordoftheday LE NÔTRE –

N.
André. 1613–1700, French landscape gardener, who created the gardens at Versailles for Louis XIV.

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#wordoftheday INCARVILLEA –

N.
Any plant of the genus Incarvillea, native to China, of which some species are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their large usually carmine-coloured trumpet-shaped flowers, esp I. delavayi: family Bignoniaceae.

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#wordoftheday TOPIARY –

UNCOUNTABLE N.
Topiary is the art of cutting trees and bushes into different shapes, for example into the shapes of birds or animals.

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#wordoftheday PTERIDOPHILIST –

N.
Obsolete.
A person who shows an excessive enthusiasm for ferns.

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#wordoftheday ROSARIUM –

N.
A rose garden.

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#wordoftheday SHAKESPEARE –

N.
William. 1564–1616, English dramatist and poet. He was born and died at Stratford-upon-Avon but spent most of his life as an actor and playwright in London.

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#wordoftheday FALSTAFFIAN –

ADJ.
Jovial, plump, and dissolute.

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#wordoftheday BOWDLERIZE –

V.
To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.

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#wordoftheday BARDOLATRY –

N.
Facetious.
Idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare.

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#wordoftheday SEA CHANGE –

N.
A seemingly magical change, as brought about by the action of the sea.

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#wordoftheday SALAD DAYS –

PLURAL N.
A period of youth and inexperience.

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#wordoftheday POUND OF FLESH –

PHR.
If you say that someone demands their pound of flesh, you mean that they insist on getting something they are entitled to, even though it may cause distress to the person it is demanded from.

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#wordoftheday WORLD HERITAGE SITE –

N.
A natural or man-made area or structure which is recognized as being of international importance and therefore deserving special protection.

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#wordoftheday RAVENNA –

N.
A city and port in NE Italy, in Emilia-Romagna: capital of the Western Roman Empire from 402 to 476, of the Ostrogoths from 493 to 526, and of the Byzantine exarchate from 584 to 751; famous for its ancient mosaics.

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#wordoftheday PALENQUE –

N.
The site of an ancient Mayan city in S Mexico famous for its architectural ruins.

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#wordoftheday TAJ MAHAL –

N.
A white marble mausoleum in central India, in Agra on the Jumna River: built (1632–43) by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; regarded as the finest example of Mogul architecture.

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#wordoftheday ANGKOR WAT –

N.
The largest and best preserved Khmer temple in the Angkor complex of ruins.

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#wordoftheday MACHU PICCHU –

N.
A ruined Incan city in South Peru.

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#wordoftheday STONEHENGE –
N.
A prehistoric ruin in England, in Wiltshire on Salisbury Plain: constructed c. 3000–1600 BC; one of the most important megalithic monuments in Europe; believed to have had religious and astronomical purposes.

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