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arboretum

/ɑː(ɹ)bəˈɹiːtəm/

arboretum noun: a place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

arboretum: a place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes
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Noun

arboretum (plural arboretums or arboreta)

  1. A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

arboretum meaning in Tamil and Bengali

arboretum in Tamil

பயிர்நூல் முறைப்படி அமைந்துள்ள தோட்டம்

arboretum in Bengali

বিভিন্ন প্রজাতির গাছের বাগান, উদ্যান

Forms of arboretum

pluralarboretums
pluralarboreta

Plural of arboretum: arboretums or arboreta

Origin of arboretum

Borrowed from Latin arborētum (“place with trees growing, plantation of trees”), from arbor (“tree”).

Questions about arboretum

What does arboretum mean?
Arboretum means a place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
What is arboretum in Tamil?
Arboretum in Tamil is பயிர்நூல் முறைப்படி அமைந்துள்ள தோட்டம். See Arboretum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arboretum?
Arboretum is a noun.
How do you pronounce arboretum?
Arboretum is pronounced /ɑː(ɹ)bəˈɹiːtəm/.
What is the plural of arboretum?
The plural of arboretum is arboretums.

Words near arboretum in the dictionary

  1. arborescing
  2. arboresque
  3. arboret
  4. arboreta
  5. arborets
  6. arboretum
  7. arboretums
  8. arborglyph
  9. arborglyphs
  10. arboriality
  11. arborical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arboretum (page history and authors); arboretum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arboretum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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