pinetum

P3I1N1E1T1U1M3

noun

An arboretum, or part of an arboretum or garden, devoted to growing conifers.

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Meanings

nounpinetum (plural pineta or pinetums)

plural pineta · plural pinetums

  1. An arboretum, or part of an arboretum or garden, devoted to growing conifers.

    In the arrangement, of course, I should expect to see every hardy tree which could be collected in any part of the globe; and I even anticipate revelling in quercetums, fraxinetums, salicetums, pinetums, aceretums, &c.

    1838 February 28, “On the Formation of a Public Botanic Garden”, in The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement
  2. archaicA book that scientifically describes conifers.

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Origin

  1. Latinpīnētum“pine grove”
  2. Englishpinetum

From Latin pīnētum (“pine grove”).

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