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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: arbor; ARBOREAL

arboretum

 noun
     
Related topics: Plants
ar‧bo‧re‧tum plural arboretums or arboreta [countable]
HBP a place where trees are grown for scientific study
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