hotbed

English Thesaurus

1. a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	bed,
definition	:	a plot of ground in which plants are growing (noun.artifact)

2. a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad) (noun.state)

hypernym	:	situation, state of affairs,
definition	:	the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time (noun.state)