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Definition of arboretum noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

arboretum

noun
 
/ˌɑːbəˈriːtəm/
 
/ˌɑːrbəˈriːtəm/
(plural arboretums, arboreta
 
/ˌɑːbəˈriːtə/
 
/ˌɑːrbəˈriːtə/
)
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  1. a garden where many different types of tree are grown, for people to look at or for scientific study
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin, ‘a place with trees’, from arbor ‘tree’.
See arboretum in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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