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arboretum

[ahr-buh-ree-tuhm] / ˌɑr bəˈri təm /
NOUN
botanical garden
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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

As curator of the online arboretum “Trees of LA,” Carrie celebrates the power of jacarandas on Instagram to make Angelenos aware of other remarkable trees that flower simultaneously, such as vibrant orange coral trees.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2024

The one time I did see him— when we all went to see the trains at the arboretum right before Christmas—I was so nervous I barely said a word.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

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

Loudon, in his book upon arboreta and fruit trees.

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

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

Among the prominent private arboretums in our country may be mentioned that of Mr. Sargent at Wodeneshe.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various




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