Meanings
plural quercetums
- 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
- Latinquercetum
- Englishquercetum
Borrowed from Latin quercetum.
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