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potager

noun

  1. kitchen garden
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒtaʒeɪ/ / /ˈpɒtədʒə/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English potager, from Middle French potager, from potage. The pronunciation is sometimes altered to imitate the pronunciation of French potager.

  1. A kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.

    “while he could not get into it until he obtained the keys from Bechet the notary, he had a picnic or two in the dilapidated garden and the herb potager, now run hopelessly to seed and weed.”

  2. A porringer.

    “An INDIAN DISH or Potager. Made alſo of the Barque of a Tree, with the Sides and Rim ſewed together after the manner of Twiggen-Work.”