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arboretum

[ahr-buh-ree-tuhm] / ˌɑr bəˈri təm /
NOUN
botanical garden
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Thousands of trees were planted on the property, which is also surrounded by a large arboretum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Bombaa also complains about how ordinary Nairobians, often scrabbling to make a living, have to pay to enter some of their city’s most beautiful locations such as the arboretum or Karura forest.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024

Peterson tasted his first pawpaw, from a wild growing tree, in his university's arboretum as a graduate student studying plant genetics.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2024

Seattle Parks and Recreation doesn’t have funds now to develop its 22-acre “North Entrance Project” where the ruins meet the arboretum.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

But then I would remember when we were little, hanging out in the lab or the arboretum while our mothers worked.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

They continue to flourish, as do specimens planted in the various arboreta of Kew’s Scottish equivalent, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2020

In August, the Newport Tree Society does a tour, and the arboreta are open to the public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2018

The tree now grows in arboreta in Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, and D.C., increasing its chances of survival.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 30, 2018

Loudon, in his book upon arboreta and fruit trees.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

Of the more specialized public arboreta in the United Kingdom the next to Kew are those in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh and the Glasnevin Garden in Dublin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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

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 Mayne Reid


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