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Noun: hotbed  'hót,bed
  1. A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)
    "it was a hotbed of vice"
     
  2. A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants

Derived forms: hotbeds

Type of: bed, situation, state of affairs

Encyclopedia: Hotbed

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