arboretum

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Recent Examples of arboretum Hofstra University in Nassau County, N.Y., boasts a prestigious arboretum and bird sanctuary, student housing named after Dutch cities, notable alumni like Francis Ford Coppola, and, apparently, a Chocolate Expo that recently hosted several cast members of The Brady Bunch. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 May 2025 On the other side of the lakes, the city plans to add an arboretum and botanical garden, a veterans memorial, a retail center and, eventually, a central library. Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 7 May 2025 Founded by Lady Bird Johnson and actor Helen Hayes in 1982, the 284-acre state botanic garden and arboretum is home to over 10,000 species from all across Texas, the most diverse collection of such in North America. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025 Review gardening books, consult with nurserymen and maybe visit an arboretum to view mature specimens. Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025 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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