Meanings
plural arboretums · plural arboreta
- A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
Commander David Childs, who founded the arboretum, said he supported the changes, including with the name.
2026 May 3, Alex McIntyre, “Why changing the name of the National Memorial Arboretum is causing controversy”, in BBC News, retrieved 03 Sep 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinarborētum“place with trees growing, plantation of trees”
- Englisharboretum
Borrowed from Latin arborētum (“place with trees growing, plantation of trees”), from arbor (“tree”).
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Catalan arborètum
- arborètumplace of many varieties of tree
Chinese Mandarin 樹木園 /树木园
- 樹木園 /树木园 (shùmùyuán)place of many varieties of tree
Czech arboretum
- arboretumplace of many varieties of tree
Dutch arboretum
- arboretumplace of many varieties of tree
Finnish arboretum, puulajipuisto
- arboretumplace of many varieties of tree
- puulajipuistoplace of many varieties of tree
French arboretum
- arboretumplace of many varieties of tree
German Baumgarten, Arboretum
- Baumgartenplace of many varieties of tree
- Arboretumplace of many varieties of tree
Hungarian arborétum
- arborétumplace of many varieties of tree
Icelandic trjásafn
- trjásafnplace of many varieties of tree
Italian arboreto
- arboretoplace of many varieties of tree
Japanese 森林公園
- 森林公園 (shinrinkōen)place of many varieties of tree
Latin arborētum
- arborētumplace of many varieties of tree
Lithuanian arboretumas, dendrariumas
- arboretumasplace of many varieties of tree
- dendrariumasplace of many varieties of tree
- dendrologinis sodasplace of many varieties of tree
- dendroparkasplace of many varieties of tree
Polish arboretum, dendrarium
- arboretumplace of many varieties of tree
- dendrariumplace of many varieties of tree
Portuguese arboreto
- arboretoplace of many varieties of tree
Romanian arboret
- arboretplace of many varieties of tree
Russian дендра́рий, пито́мник
- дендра́рий (dɛndrárij)place of many varieties of tree
- пито́мникplace of many varieties of tree
- арборе́тум (arborétum)place of many varieties of tree
Spanish arboreto, arboretum
- arboretoplace of many varieties of tree
- arboretumplace of many varieties of tree
Swedish arboretum
- arboretumplace of many varieties of tree
Ukrainian дендропа́рк, дендра́рій
- дендропа́рк (dendropárk)place of many varieties of tree
- дендра́рій (dendrárij)place of many varieties of tree
- арборе́тум (arborétum)place of many varieties of tree
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Cite this entry
arboretum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arboretum
“arboretum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arboretum. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arboretum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arboretum.
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