arboretums

variants or arboreta
plural of arboretum

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arboretums
plantations
Noun
  • Historians believe the plate lunch evolved from the Japanese bento box — another form of takeaway eating — in the 1880s, when giant fruit and sugar companies owned huge plantations in Hawaii.
    Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Banana farms, coconut plantations and citrus groves perished in the storm.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Arboretums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arboretums. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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