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This week’s words
sillage
androcracy
pinetum
arctophile
make-work

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(py-NEE-tuhm)

MEANING:

noun: An arboretum of coniferous trees such as pines.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin pinetum (pine grove), from pinus (pine). Earliest documented use: 1828.

USAGE:

“At RHS Garden Wisley, conifers were traditionally sent to the pinetum, where they were expected to reach towering proportions.”
Matthew Pottage; Conifers That Came in from the Cold; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Dec 9, 2017.

See more usage examples of pinetum in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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