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Word Meanings - ARBORETUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

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  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • CULTIVATABLE
    Cultivable.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • PLACER
    One who places or sets. Spenser.
  • PLACE
    Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • PLACENTA
    The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
  • SCIENTIFIC
    1. Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations. 2. Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific
  • SCIENTIFICAL
    Scientific. Locke.
  • PLACEMAN
    One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.
  • PLACENTIOUS
    Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller.
  • PLACEBO
    The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
  • PLACENTIFEROUS
    Having or producing a placenta.
  • SCIENTIFICALLY
    In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science. It is easier to believe than to be scientifically instructed. Locke.
  • PLACENTATION
    The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.
  • PLACE-PROUD
    Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.
  • PLACEFUL
    In the appointed place.
  • PLACENTAL
    Of or pertaining to the Placentalia. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
  • REPLACEMENT
    The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
  • COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
    1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like
  • APLACENTAL
    Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
  • DISPLACER
    The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.
  • MISRECOLLECTION
    Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
  • BY-PLACE
    A retired or private place.
  • SELF-COMPLACENCY
    The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster.
  • MISPLACE
    To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
  • EMPLACEMENT
    A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.

 

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