(n.) A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cross will now move to the Royal British Legion’s national memorial arboretum in Staffordshire.
(2) In the UK, war widows attended a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum's Millennium chapel to mark the anniversary.
(3) His wealth is reported to be somewhere in the order of £250m, and has bought him all the luxuries and pleasures of old money, in particular his beloved 50-acre arboretum, which he considers his legacy.
(4) Tony Kirkham, head of the arboretum at Kew Gardens, which has 14,000 trees, told the Guardian a complete ban was needed on imports of any plants that threatened a species, and a one-year quarantine was needed for all plants coming into Britain.
(5) In Britain the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, the UK's centre for remembrance will be holding a day of commemoration including a service of remembrance in its chapel and a wreath-laying at the Normandy Veteran's Memorial.
(6) The Bastion memorial wall at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire will be built with £300,000 from the £35m armed forces covenant (Libor) fund.
(7) Photograph: Alamy Tyntesfield Distance from junction 2½ miles from 19 (southbound); 6 miles from 20 (northbound) Follow signs for Bristol (off B3128) This mysterious Victorian gothic revival house and estate has layers of terraced lawns with flower-filled borders and a hidden kitchen garden, plus parkland with an arboretum and dens, all surrounded by lush Somerset hills.
(8) Greenwood travelled to Penderecki's home outside Krakow, with its hundreds of acres of arboretum, and this time, Penderecki knew who he was.
(9) The emotional service at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire was attended by hundreds of current and former service personnel and their families.
(10) Other lots included a cup of tea with Lord Heseltine, plus a tour of his arboretum.
(11) A sustained campaign by relatives of some of the men led to the granting of a collective pardon on 8 November 2006 and a Shot at Dawn memorial in their honour now stands in the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire .
(12) The Bastion Memorial Wall at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire will be built with £300,000 from the £35m armed forces covenant (Libor) fund.
(13) Sweet chestnut is being touted as the replacement for the English oak in parkland – the Westonbirt Arboretum is currently planting a collection with climate change in mind.
(14) Three decades after Argentinian troops seized Port Stanley, the capital of the south Atlantic islands, Falklands veterans and widows of those killed gathered at a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
(15) Tony Kirkham, head of the arboretum at Kew Gardens, which has 14,000 trees and has seen many attacked in the past few years, said some of the most serious threats came from the oak processionary moth .
(16) Casa Vina de Alcantara ( vinadealcantara .com ; doubles €160) is an elegant house in an arboretum, with 10 rooms and a pool, a short drive from the town centre Marathon du Médoc, France 10-11 September Thought marathons were all about sports drinks and energy bars?
(17) The oaks will be planted at Kew Gardens, William Brookes school in Much Wenlock, the Forestry Commission's National Arboretum at Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, and at the UPS London Central Centre in Camden.
(18) Patients of the Brandon Street practice in Leicester and the Arboretum surgery in Nottingham have made the same accusation: that the Practice plc is walking away from contracts in areas of high deprivation where it finds it cannot make money.
Pinetum
Definition:
(n.) A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes.
Example Sentences:
(1) For services to the community in Wadhurst, East Sussex particularly to the Bedgebury National Pinetum Forest in Kent.