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pinetum

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pi·ne·tum  (p-ntm)
n. pl. pi·ne·ta (-t)
An area planted with pine trees or related conifers, especially for botanical study.

[Latin pntum, pine grove, from pnus, pine; see pine1.]

pinetum [paɪˈniːtəm]
n pl -ta [-tə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) an area of land where pine trees and other conifers are grown
[from Latin, from pīnus pine1]

Pinetum collection of pine trees, 1842.
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Noun1.pinetum - an area planted with pine trees or related conifers
tree farm - a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use


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Bedgebury National Pinetum in Cranbrook has the finest collection of conifers in the world and in Brenchley, Marle Place is a peaceful, privately-owned Wealden garden with 10 acres of formal planting and many more acres of woodland Bedgebury Pinetum, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, (01580 879820) and Marle Place, Brenchley, Tonbridge, (01892) 722304, www.
The land proved extremely fertile and hospitable, and today the results have yielded four distinct collections; the small and large Pinetum, the Arboretum and the Three Continents Forest.
Idea behind plantation of arboretum and pinetum trees was to preserve the species of these trees in Himalayan region," said Dr.
 
 
 
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