arboretum

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"The Government has never claimed that the arboretum is the solution to greenhouse gas emissions in this city but the point is it makes a contribution," he said.

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  1. noun A place where an extensive variety of woody plants are cultivated for scientific, educational, and ornamental purposes.

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  • The ACT Greens say the Government should not claim that its arboretum is a tool to fight climate change. —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • "The Government has never claimed that the arboretum is the solution to greenhouse gas emissions in this city but the point is it makes a contribution," he said. —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • The grounds originally were planted as an arboretum - a collection of many kinds of trees and plants grown for exhibition - but in recent decades were neglected for lack of funds. —  Berks county news
  • The museum has a master plan for the arboretum - for pergolas, winding paths and hundreds of new trees - that it will do over a decade as it wins donations. —  Berks county news
  • Essential forestry management and development of the Capability Brown landscaped grounds also rack up expenses - for example the cost of fences around a new four acre arboretum, a figure which alone ran into thousands of pounds. —  Newbury News Today | News
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  1. Latin arborētum, a place grown with trees, from arbor, tree.

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  1. Latin, a plantation of trees, from arbor, a tree, + -etum, denoting place.
 

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/ɑrbəˈritəm/
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