arboretum

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Recent Examples of arboretum In this version of the world, humans live among the clouds in colonies that resemble arboretums. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025 Admission to the show is included with a general admission ticket to the arboretum, located at 301 North Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 May 2025 The 284-acre state botanic garden and arboretum was founded by Lady Bird Johnson and actor Helen Hayes in 1982 and is home to over 10,000 species from all across Texas—the most diverse collection of such in North America. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025 The school's arboretum and botanical garden features a bronze statue of Henson posing with Kermit. Leo Rocha may 22, CBS News, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for arboretum
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Noun
  • Cenote Oxman is located at a former agave plantation dating back to 1746 within an estate property called Hacienda San Lorenzo Oxman.
    Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The species was once plentiful in Brazil’s savanna, or Cerrado, until farming and timber plantations took over the landscape, according to the zoo.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • For that matter, Walden is organized by thematic chapters, because there’s not much plot to Thoreau spending some time in a shack on Emerson’s woodlot.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The next morning Brooks and a buddy glassed the woodlot before moving closer.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025

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