salicetum

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salictum, salicētum (plantation, grove or thicket of willows), from salix (willow).

Pronunciation

Noun

salicetum (plural salicetums or saliceta)

  1. A group of willow trees.
    • 1838 February, “On the Formation of a Public Botanic Garden”, in The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement:
      In the arrangement, of course, I should expect to see every hardy tree which could be collected in any part of the globe; and I even anticipate revelling in quercetums, fraxinetums, salicetums, pinetums, aceretums, &c.

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

salix (willow) +‎ -ētum (grove)

Noun

salicētum n (genitive salicētī); second declension

  1. a plantation, grove, or thicket of willows

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative salicētum salicēta
genitive salicētī salicētōrum
dative salicētō salicētīs
accusative salicētum salicēta
ablative salicētō salicētīs
vocative salicētum salicēta

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