Hothouse

Noun

 * 1) A heated greenhouse.
 * 2) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.

Adjective

 * 1)  Grown in a hothouse
 * 2)  delicate (as if needing a comforting environment)

Verb

 * 1)  To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.

Thesaurus
babied, cloche, coddled, cold frame, conservatory, coolhouse, dainty, delicate, forcing bed, forcing house, forcing pit, fragile, frail, glasshouse, greenhouse, hotbed, lathhouse, nursery, orangery, pampered, pinery, seedbed, sensitive, sheltered, shielded, spoiled, summerhouse