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arboretum

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɑː(ɹ)bəˈɹiːtəm/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 R B ER0 IY1 T AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: botanical garden

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: facility, installation

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: arborètum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樹木園 /树木园 (shùmùyuán) — place of many varieties of tree
  • Czech: arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Dutch: arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Finnish: arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Finnish: puulajipuisto — place of many varieties of tree
  • French: arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • German: Baumgarten — place of many varieties of tree
  • German: Arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Hungarian: arborétum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Icelandic: trjásafn — place of many varieties of tree
  • Italian: arboreto — place of many varieties of tree
  • Japanese: 森林公園 (shinrinkōen) — place of many varieties of tree
  • Latin: arborētum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Lithuanian: arboretumas — place of many varieties of tree
  • Lithuanian: dendrariumas — place of many varieties of tree
  • Lithuanian: dendrologinis sodas — place of many varieties of tree
  • Lithuanian: dendroparkas — place of many varieties of tree
  • Polish: arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Polish: dendrarium — place of many varieties of tree
  • Portuguese: arboreto — place of many varieties of tree
  • Romanian: arboret — place of many varieties of tree
  • Russian: дендра́рий (dɛndrárij) — place of many varieties of tree
  • Russian: пито́мник — place of many varieties of tree
  • Russian: арборе́тум (arborétum) — place of many varieties of tree
  • Slovene: arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Spanish: arboreto — place of many varieties of tree
  • Spanish: arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Swedish: arboretum — place of many varieties of tree
  • Ukrainian: дендропа́рк (dendropárk) — place of many varieties of tree
  • Ukrainian: дендра́рій (dendrárij) — place of many varieties of tree
  • Ukrainian: арборе́тум (arborétum) — place of many varieties of tree
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