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Definition of Arboretum
1. Noun. A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition.
Definition of Arboretum
1. n. A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
Definition of Arboretum
1. Noun. A place where many varieties of trees are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arboretum
1. a place for the study and exhibition of trees [n -TA or -TUMS]
Medical Definition of Arboretum
1. Origin: L, a place grown with trees. A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arboretum
Literary usage of Arboretum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The University arboretum is at Lincoln, Nebraska, on the high prairies 60 miles
... Juniperus communie (native in western portion; University arboretum). ..."
2. The American Rose Annual by American Rose Society (1917)
"Roses in the Arnold arboretum By J. HORACE McFARLAND NOT very many Americans
realize, it is feared, that the Arnold arboretum, at Jamaica Plain, ..."
3. Announcement by Lawrence Scientific School, Columbia University Teachers College. Horace Mann School (1902)
"THE ARNOLD arboretum. The Arnold arboretum was founded in 1872, by the trustees
... The arboretum occupies a portion of the Bussey Farm in West Roxbury, ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"IN the 1921, July-August issue of 'Bird-Lore,' there is a short article by CH
Early, entitled 'The Mockingbird of the Arnold arboretum,' pp. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1837)
"We should like to have a judicious selection of Howe's works, edited by his
present biographer. London's arboretum Britannicum. Nec. ..."
6. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"EAEE TREES AND SHRUBS IN THE ARNOLD arboretum, USA By Mons. ... The Arnold
arboretum is situated some six miles south-west of the city of Boston; ..."
7. Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society to by American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (1912)
"public parks of Rochester; and a very promising arboretum in St. Louis, ...
There is a fine arboretum in the Botanical Gardens at Ottawa, Canada, ..."
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