arboretum

[ ahr-buh-ree-tuhm ]

noun

, plural ar·bo·re·tums, ar·bo·re·ta [ahr-b, uh, -, ree, -t, uh].

1. a plot of land on which many different trees or shrubs are grown for study or display.

arboretum

/ ˌɑːbəˈriːtəm /

noun

1. a place where trees or shrubs are cultivated for their scientific or educational interest

Word History and Origins

Origin of arboretum¹

1830–40; < Latin arborētum a plantation of trees, equivalent to arbor tree + -ētum suffix denoting place where a given plant grows ( alameda )

Word History and Origins

Origin of arboretum¹

C19: from Latin, from arbor tree

Example Sentences

To her, these are kids who wouldn’t be able to go to the museum or arboretum otherwise.

From Time

The property features an underground ice rink, two helipads, an arboretum, an amphitheater and a casino, though Putin denies being the owner.

From Time

Navalny’s team had used a drone to film the property, which features an underground ice rink, two helipads, an arboretum, an amphitheater and a casino.

From Time

The next afternoon, he invited me to go birding in the arboretum near my apartment in the midwestern college town where we both lived.

From Outside Online

As an accredited arboretum, Green-Wood boasts more than 7,000 trees, but the canopy is well short of the forest it would take to offset such pollution.

From Popular-Science

We had 350 extras, too, and shot that in the Planting Fields Arboretum in Upper Brookville, New York.

From The Daily Beast

There have been two or three cases of the disease found in the Arnold Arboretum.

From Project Gutenberg

We made no use of this lovely day, except to walk to an Arboretum and Pinetum on the outskirts of the town.

From Project Gutenberg

A very handsome tree from Spain, and reported hardy at the Arnold Arboretum.

From Project Gutenberg

On his own magnificent estate, as well as at the Arboretum, this superb shrub or small tree riots in rosy beauty in early spring.

From Project Gutenberg

The arboretum in Monks Road is the principal pleasure-ground; and there is a race-course.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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