quercetum
quercetum noun: a wood or plantation of oak trees.
Noun
quercetum (plural quercetums)
- A wood or plantation of oak trees.
- In the arrangement, of course, I should expect to see every hardy tree which could be collected in any part of the globe; and I even anticipate revelling in quercetums, fraxinetums, salicetums, pinetums, aceretums, &c.1838 February, “On the Formation of a Public Botanic Garden”, in The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement
Forms of quercetum
| plural | quercetums |
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Origin of quercetum
Borrowed from Latin quercetum.
Questions about quercetum
- What does quercetum mean?
- Quercetum means a wood or plantation of oak trees.
- What part of speech is quercetum?
- Quercetum is a noun.
- What is the plural of quercetum?
- The plural of quercetum is quercetums.
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