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hotbed

hot·bed [ hót bèd ] (plural hot·beds)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. center of activity: an environment in which something flourishes or happens frequently, especially something undesirable
a hotbed of corruption.

2. heated glass-covered soil bed: a planting bed covered with glass and heated with electricity or by the action of fermenting manure to aid in quick germination of seeds and growth of plants

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