Question

what is the meaning of the term nursery​

Answer 1

Answer:

room or place set apart for young children. a nursery school or day nursery. a place where young trees or other plants are raised for transplanting, for sale, or for experimental study. any place in which something is bred, nourished, or fostered: The art institute has been the nursery of much great painting.

Answer 2

1300, noricerie, "place or room for infants and young children and their nurse," from Old French norture, norreture "food, nourishment; education, training," from Late Latin nutritia "a nursing, suckling," from Latin nutrire "to nourish, suckle" (see nourish).