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单词 pinetum
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pinetum

[ pahy-nee-tuhm ]
/ paɪˈni təm /

noun, plural pi·ne·ta [pahy-nee-tuh]. /paɪˈni tə/.

an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.

Origin of pinetum

1835–45; <Latin pīnētum a pine wood, equivalent to pīn(us) pine1 + -ētum suffix denoting a grove (of the plant specified)

Words nearby pinetum

pine snake, pine straw, pine tar, pine tree shilling, Pine Tree State, pinetum, Pineville, pine warbler, pinewood, piney, pin-eyed
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Example sentences from the Web for pinetum

  • At Dropmore, the gardener told us he had a cat that kept the Pinetum quite clear of squirrels.p.

    Wild Nature Won By Kindness|Elizabeth Brightwen
  • Woe to the red fox that litters in the pinetum, or to the birds that make nests in the shrubberies!

    Garden-Craft Old and New|John D. Sedding
  • With the Pinetum the name of Byron will be for ever associated.

    Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series|John Addington Symonds
  • We made no use of this lovely day, except to walk to an Arboretum and Pinetum on the outskirts of the town.

    Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 2|Nathaniel Hawthorne

British Dictionary definitions for pinetum

pinetum
/ (paɪˈniːtəm) /

noun plural -ta (-tə)

an area of land where pine trees and other conifers are grown

Word Origin for pinetum

C19: from Latin, from pīnus pine 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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