arboretum

noun

Definition of arboretumnext
as in plantation

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Recent Examples of arboretum The Tree Walk will bring you through over 150 varieties of trees, displaying the park’s arboretum of rare and native trees. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026 About $38,000 when including the floral domed arboretum, nearby planters, and the arrangements decorating the ground and path leading up to the structure, Greer explained. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 July 2026 In August 2024, the university unveiled a memorial garden dedicated to the four victims at the edge of campus near the arboretum. — Kevin Fixler june 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026 The facility also includes a 15-foot bronze alligator statue, dog park, walking trails, playground, arboretum and plant exhibit, among rest area amenities. — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for arboretum
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  1. plantation
  2. woodlot
Noun
  • Indonesian police have arrested 72 people suspected of deliberately setting forest and peatland fires to clear land cheaply, as investigators probe whether plantation companies financed the fires.
    — Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Many let their plantations fall victim to rot; others abandoned cocoa farming altogether.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of plantation
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  • Instead of hunting the treeline, though, Van Lith took a stand in the woodlot.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Human activity has shaped the animals’ natural habitat, which covers a wide geographic range and many ecosystems, from low elevation forests to small woodlots, fields and pastures.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
Definition of woodlot

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