hothouse-looking

Updated: May 27, 2025

He stood quite still, with his face towards me; and I can't tell you how horrid he looked among the tulips and all those tall, gaudy, almost hothouse-looking flowers. It looked as if we'd stuck up a waxwork instead of a statue in the centre of our garden.

G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton - The Wisdom of Father Brown