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Webster 1913 Edition


Arboret

Ar′bo-ret

,
Noun.
[OF.
arboret
, dim. of
arbre
tree, L.
arbor
]
A small tree or shrub.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Among thick-woven
arborets
, and flowers
Imbordered on each bank.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Arboret

'ARBORET

,
Noun.
A small tree or shrub; a place planted or overgrown with trees.

Definition 2024


arboret

arboret

English

Noun

arboret (plural arborets)

  1. (obsolete) A small tree or shrub.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
      No arboret with painted blossomes drest, / And smelling sweet, but there it might be found [...].
  2. (obsolete) A grove, shrubbery or arbour

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Romanian

arboret

Etymology

From Latin arborētum, equivalent to arbore + -et. Compare Aromanian arburet.

Noun

arboret n (plural arboreturi)

  1. stand (forestry: contiguous group)
  2. brush (vegetation)
  3. grove, thicket, small wood

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • subarboret

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Italian alberetto

Noun

arboret n (plural arboreturi)

  1. upper part of a mast; topmast

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