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Learn “Arboretum”

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Arboretum

noun/ar-buh-REE-tum/

Meaning

A special garden or park where many kinds of trees are grown and studied.

In context

The arboretum had a maze of paths winding between towering old oaks.

Remember it

'Arbor' (tree) + '-etum' (a place of) — a place full of trees.

Use it well

A concrete science word; use it for a garden that collects and displays trees.