A small tree or large shrub, especially one cultivated for ornamental purposes.
From Latin arboretum, diminutive of arbor (tree). The -et suffix comes from Old French and indicates something small or diminished in size.
Medieval and Renaissance gardeners created the term 'arboret' to distinguish their carefully cultivated small ornamental trees from wild forest trees—it's a word that shows how different a manicured tree is from nature's version.
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