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arboretum

[ahr-buh-ree-tuhm] / ˌɑr bəˈri təm /
NOUN
botanical garden
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More than 300 motorcyclist rode to the arboretum from Burton-on-Trent on Sunday, with a convoy organised by community organisation Wheels for Wishes.

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

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

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

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

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

Not a few are the emissaries of public gardens and arboretums; and yet another few—perchance of humbler names and more limited means, though not less zealous in their well-beloved calling,—are collectors for the “nursery.”

From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Mayne Reid




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