Example Sentences

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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

Aviaries and arboretums hold a collection of exotic birds and monkeys.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

This tree, which is known to the Anglo-Indian residents of the Himalayan countries as the “cedar,” has long since been introduced into English parks and arboretums, under the name of deodara—its specific botanical appellation.

From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Reid, Mayne