Word of the Day: arboretum

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Word of the Day: arboretum

The word arboretum has appeared in 25 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on June 19 in “How One Couple Turned Their Backyard Into an Arboretum” by Margaret Roach:

This is what happens if you stay put, and keep digging holes: An effort that begins innocently enough — planting a garden at home — may grow on you. And it could morph into an arboretum.

… By 2009, the couple had added an eight-acre parcel across the road from their original three-acre yard. By 2012, they had applied for accreditation to the Morton Arboretum’s ArbNet, a registry of woody plant-focused collections and public gardens. Their arboretum, a nonprofit organization since 2019, is now open on weekends and by appointment through mid-November.

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