The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - hothousen.

1) hotbed, greenhouse, glasshouse, conservatory: These tomatoes were grown during the winter in our hothouse. --adj. 2) dainty, delicate, sensitive, fragile, frail, pampered, overprotected, sheltered, shielded, spoiled, coddled, babied: She was glad to exchange the hothouse atmosphere of the university for the real world.