arboretum

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Recent Examples of arboretum Review gardening books, consult with nurserymen and maybe visit an arboretum to view mature specimens. Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025 Imagine the land inside the southeast side of the interchange of Indiana 49 and U.S. 20 transformed into an arboretum with winding trails, a mound and an amphitheater. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025 The arboretum also holds several popular plant sales each year and events for its members and the public. Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2025 Last week, the arboretum's staff planted half a million bulbs of tulips and other plant varieties to prepare for the Dallas Blooms festival, which is usually February through April. Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for arboretum
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Noun
  • The area where the remains were found was once-popular vacation destination for local plantation owners that began to fall into disrepair even before the Civil War as wealthy people abandoned their vacation homes and the ocean took hold of them, according to the Edisto Island website.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
  • Advertisement Advertisement Louisiana, like much of the rest of the South, is dotted with former plantations.
    Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Time, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The next morning Brooks and a buddy glassed the woodlot before moving closer.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
  • More information on northwestern Minnesota woodlots especially crucial, state Forestry Association says.
    Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 4 Mar. 2025

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