pinetum

[ pahy-nee-tuhm ]

noun,plural pi·ne·ta

[pahy-nee-tuh]. /paɪˈni tə/.

an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.

Origin of pinetum

1835–45; <Latin pīnētum a pine wood, equivalent to pīn(us) pine¹ + -ētum suffix denoting a grove (of the plant specified)

Words Nearby pinetum

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How to use pinetum in a sentence

We made no use of this lovely day, except to walk to an Arboretum and pinetum on the outskirts of the town.
Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 2 | Nathaniel Hawthorne
Woe to the red fox that litters in the pinetum, or to the birds that make nests in the shrubberies!
Garden-Craft Old and New | John D. Sedding
At Dropmore, the gardener told us he had a cat that kept the pinetum quite clear of squirrels.p.
Wild Nature Won By Kindness | Elizabeth Brightwen
With the pinetum the name of Byron will be for ever associated.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series | John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for pinetum

pinetum

/ (paɪˈniːtəm) /

nounplural -ta (-tə)

an area of land where pine trees and other conifers are grown

Origin of pinetum

C19: from Latin, from pīnus pine 1

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