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Recent Examples of arboretum
The gardens combine to play host to more than 130 species of trees and shrubs as a certified arboretum.
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Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
Brian Heinz, director of horticulture for Spring Grove, says the arboretum currently lists a September Elm as an Ohio and National Champion.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025
The longer hike is a six-mile loop around campus that takes him past Beaver Stadium and the arboretum and along College Avenue, the epicenter of student life at Penn State.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
The 250-acre site has a beautiful conservatory and children’s adventure garden and arboretum collections.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
Brian Heinz, director of horticulture for Spring Grove, says the arboretum currently lists a September Elm as an Ohio and National Champion.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025
The longer hike is a six-mile loop around campus that takes him past Beaver Stadium and the arboretum and along College Avenue, the epicenter of student life at Penn State.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
The 250-acre site has a beautiful conservatory and children’s adventure garden and arboretum collections.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arboretum
Noun
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Robinson is Henry, a runaway slave from a plantation in southern Texas; Quijada is Carlos, a former medic in the Mexican army who rescues Henry from drowning in the Rio Grande but remains suspicious of him.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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Like thousands of enslaved people, Harry Washington abandoned the plantation when the war began and fought for Great Britain.—
Peter Mendelsund,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Habitat loss has been insidious — croplands have been stripped of their bordering hedgerows and old fields and woodlots have been converted to housing developments.—
Bruce Beehler,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2025
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The next morning Brooks and a buddy glassed the woodlot before moving closer.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Arboretum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arboretum. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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