arboretum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
    botanical garden.

WordNet

Ar`bo*re"tum noun
Etymology
L., a place grown with trees.
Wordforms
plural Arboreta
Definitions
  1. A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

Webster 1913