arboretum
noun
a plot of land on which many different trees or shrubs are grown for study or display.
arboretums
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pluralof arboretum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, are working to conserve trees across the world by collecting seeds and growing specimens in arboretums.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
He found that plants at arboretums and public gardens inadvertently can seed wild areas with nonnative plants.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2023
Even during the grayest of winter months, there is plenty of green, and pops of color and beauty around the region in arboretums and botanical gardens.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2022
Considered “extinct in the wild,” the Franklinia tree — along with six other plants listed in the recent study — now exists only in cultivated spaces such as arboretums or botanical gardens.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
One striking exhibition of pure taste among us is the formation of picturesque arboretums, especially of terebinthinate trees, and others allied to the Coniferae.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various
