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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hotbed/ˈhɒtbed/

▶noun

1 an environment promoting the growth of something, especially something unwelcome: the country was a hotbed of revolt.

2 a bed of earth heated by fermenting manure, for raising plants.

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