-ETUM

Meaning of -ETUM in English

■ suffix (forming nouns) denoting a collection of trees or other plants: arboretum.

Origin

from L.

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-ETUM — ˈēd.]əm, ˈēt]əm noun suffix ( plural -e·ta ]ə\ ; or -etums ) Etymology: Latin -etum 1. : garden or group …
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-ETUM — suffix forming nouns denoting a collection of trees or other plants (arboretum; pinetum). [L]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ETO — -eto suffixo substantive [used with names of trees] -etum, grove (= grove of ... trees)
Interlingua English vocab
VITICETUM — ˌvid.əˈsēd.əm, ˌvīd.- noun ( plural vitice·ta -ēd.ə ; also viticetums ) Etymology: irregular (influenced by Latin vitic-, vitex chaste tree) …
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QUINETUM — kwīˈnēd.əm, kwə̇ˈn- noun ( -s ) Etymology: quin- + Latin -etum (n. suffix denoting a garden or group of plants) …
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QUERCETIN — noun also quer·ci·tin ˈkwərsətə̇n ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary quercet-, quercit- (from Latin quercetum oak forest, from quercus …
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PINETUM — pīˈnēd.əm noun ( plural pine·ta -d.ə) Etymology: Latin, pine grove, from pinus pine + -etum 1. : a plantation of …
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PALMETUM — palˈmēd.əm, päˈm- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin, palm grove, from palma palm + -etum : palmery ; especially : …
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FRUTICETUM — ˌfrüd.əˈsēd.əm noun ( plural frutice·ta -ēd.ə) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, place full of shrubs, from frutic-, frutex + -etum …
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-ETA — plural of -etum
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ERICETAL — |erə|sēd. ə l adjective Etymology: New Latin ericet um heath, moorland (from Latin erice heather + New Latin -etum ) …
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CARIC- — combining form or carico- Etymology: New Latin Caric-, Carex : carex : sedges caric etum carico logy
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ARBORETUM — ˌärbəˈrēd.]əm, ˌȧb-, -ēt] noun ( plural arboretums ]əmz ; also arbore·ta ]ə) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a place grown …
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VITICETUM — /vit'euh see"teuhm/ , n. , pl. viticetums, viticeta /-teuh/ . a place where vines, esp. grapevines, are cultivated. [ viti …
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VINTNER — /vint"neuhr/ , n. a person who makes wine or sells wines. [ 1400-50; late ME vint ( e ) ner, …
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SPINNEY — /spin"ee/ , n. , pl. spinneys . Brit. a small wood or thicket. [ 1300-50; ME espinei (masc.), espinaie (fem.) …
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QUERCETIN — — quercetic /kweuhr set"ik, -see"tik/ , adj. /kwerr"si tin/ , n. Chem. a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 15 …
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PINETUM — /puy nee"teuhm/ , n. , pl. pineta /-teuh/ . an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees. [ 1835-45; pinetum a …
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ARBORETUM — /ahr'beuh ree"teuhm/ , n. , pl. arboretums, arboreta /-teuh/ . a plot of land on which many different trees or …
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ALAMEDA — /al'euh may"deuh/ , n. 1. Chiefly Southwestern U.S. a public walk shaded with trees. 2. (in Latin America) a boulevard, …
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