pinetum
[pahy-nee-tuh m]
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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)
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With the Pinetum the name of Byron will be for ever associated.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second SeriesJohn Addington Symonds
At Dropmore, the gardener told us he had a cat that kept the Pinetum quite clear of squirrels.p.
Wild Nature Won By KindnessElizabeth Brightwen
Woe to the red fox that litters in the pinetum, or to the birds that make nests in the shrubberies!
Garden-Craft Old and NewJohn D. Sedding
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 2Nathaniel Hawthorne
pinetum
noun plural -ta (-tə)
Word Origin for pinetum
C19: from Latin, from pīnus pine 1
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