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ARBORETUM

a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes

The meaning of the word arboretum is a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes.

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fortuitousoccurring by chance
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
routa state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
adversitya state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator