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Arboretum   /ˌɑrbərˈitəm/   Listen
Arboretum

noun
(pl. arboreta)
1.
A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition.  Synonym: botanical garden.





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"Arboretum" Quotes from Famous Books



... suffix -etum was used to designate a grove or plantation. This suffix, or its plural -eta, is very common in France, becoming successively -ei(e), -oi(e), -ai(e). The name Dobree is a Guernsey spelling of d'Aubray, Lat. arboretum, which was dissimilated (Chapter III) into arboretum. Darblay, the name of Fanny Burney's husband, is a variant. From au(l)ne, alder, we have aunai, whence our Dawnay. So also frenai has given Freeney, chenai, Chaney, and the ...
— The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley
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Words linked to "Arboretum" :   botanical garden, facility, installation


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