Arboretum

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arboretum \Ar`bo*re"tum\, n.; pl. {Arboreta}. [L., a place grown
     with trees.]
     A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is
     cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arboretum
       n : a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for
           exhibition [syn: {botanical garden}]
       [also: {arboreta} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "arboretum":
     Japanese garden, afforestation, alpine garden, bed, bog garden,
     boondocks, border, botanical garden, bush, bushveld, chase,
     climax forest, cloud forest, dendrology, dry garden, flower bed,
     flower garden, forest, forest land, forest preserve, forestry,
     fringing forest, gallery forest, garden, garden spot, grape ranch,
     grapery, greenwood, hanger, herbarium, hortus siccus, index forest,
     jardin, jungle, jungles, kitchen garden, market garden,
     national forest, ornamental garden, palmetto barrens, paradise,
     park, park forest, pine barrens, pinetum, primeval forest,
     protection forest, rain forest, reforestation, rock garden,
     roof garden, scrub, scrubland, selection forest, shrubbery,
     shrubland, silviculture, sprout forest, stand of timber,
     state forest, sunken garden, tea garden, timber, timberland,
     tree veld, truck garden, vegetable garden, victory garden, vinery,
     vineyard, virgin forest, wildwood, wood, woodland, woods