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arboretum

[ahr-buh-ree-tuhm] / ˌɑr bəˈri təm /
NOUN
botanical garden
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Following the ceremony, people at the arboretum were invited to lay their own wreaths at the memorial.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Thousands of trees were planted on the property, which is also surrounded by a large arboretum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

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

Life Is Life meets on the grounds of the arboretum in a nearby Ohio town, which shall remain nameless.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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

Other arboreta are that of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, and the Arnold Arboretum, at Jamaica Plain, Boston.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli 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

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

One striking exhibition of pure taste among us is the formation of picturesque arboretums, especially of terebinthinate trees, and others allied to the Coniferae.

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




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