arboretums

variants or arboreta
Definition of arboretumsnext
plural of arboretum
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plantations
Noun
  • Planners razed coconut plantations, sketched marina slips and golf courses, and ordained where tourists would sleep, eat, and jet ski.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
  • So too did the titular Joe Turner, the brother of Tennessee governor Pete Turner and a man responsible for taking prisoners from Memphis to Nashville, but who often sold them into a kind of neo-slavery on cotton plantations along the Mississippi River.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Arboretums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arboretums. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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