hotbed

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Noun hotbed has 2 senses

hotbed - a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); "it was a hotbed of vice"
--₁ is a kind of situation, state of affairs
hotbed - a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
--₂ is a kind of bed