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▪ I. arboret1 arch.|ˈɑːbərɛt| [f. L. arbor tree + -et1: cf. It. alboretto, alberetto, Fr. arbret.] A little tree, a shrub.
1596Spenser F.Q. ii. vi. 12 No arborett with painted blossomes drest. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 435 Among thick-wov'n Arborets and Flours. 1805Southey Madoc in Azt. x, The kingdom o'er all trees and arborets. ▪ II. † ˈarboret2 Obs. [ad. L. arborēt-um, see next: cf. It. alboreto, Florio; or a dim. of arbor, arbour.] A grove, shrubbery; arbour.
1604Edmonds Observ. Cæsars Comm. 24 Pleasant places for the refreshing of wearied spirits, gardens, groues, walkes, riuers, and arborets. 1612Drayton Polyolb. xix. (1748) 333 Dainty summer bowers and arborets. |