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arboretum

[ahr-buh-ree-tuhm] / ˌɑr bəˈri təm /
NOUN
botanical garden
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When Daisy was a pup, Koerner began planting dozens of native plants near the Aleppo pines and fig trees, creating what he called their campground arboretum.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2025

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

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

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

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 filled with exotic birds and monkeys are among structures on the grounds.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 2017

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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