Definition of "pinetum" [pi•ne•tum]

• An area planted with pine trees or related conifers, especially for botanical study. (noun)

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• "A glen may be planted with pines and firs, so as to form it into a kind of pinetum; and an open space among trees may be turned into a rose-garden or rosery."
• "They were at an intersection with a path leading toward the temple on one hand, and on the other curving around to the pinetum, when they heard a light footstep."
• "He steered her toward the pinetum, away from the summerhouse; head high, she glided along, and said not a word."