quercetum

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noun

A wood or plantation of oak trees.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounquercetum (plural quercetums)

plural quercetums

  1. datedrareA wood or plantation of oak trees.

    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

Origin

  1. Latinquercetum
  2. Englishquercetum

Borrowed from Latin quercetum.

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