The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arboret \Ar"bo*ret\, n. [OF. arboret, dim. of arbre tree, L.
arbor]
A small tree or shrub. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Among thick-woven arborets, and flowers
Imbordered on each bank.
--Milton.
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Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A small tree or shrub. 2 (context obsolete English) A grove, shrubbery or arbour
Usage examples of "arboret".
It was a chosen plot of fertile land,Emongst wide waues set, like a litle nest,As if it had by Natures cunning hand,Bene choisely picked out from all the rest,And laid forth for ensample of the best:No daintie flowre or herbe, that growes on ground,No arboret with painted blossomes drest,And smelling sweet, but there it might be foundTo bud out faire, and her sweet smels throw all around.
Neererhe drew, and many a walk travers'd Of stateliest Covert, Cedar, Pine, or Palme, Then voluble and bold, now hid, now seen Among thick-wov'n Arborets and Flours Imborderd on each Bank, the hand of EVE: Spot more delicious then those Gardens feign'd Or of reviv'd ADONIS, or renownd ALCINOUS, host of old LAERTES Son, Or that, not Mystic, where the Sapient King Held dalliance with his faire EGYPTIAN Spouse.
Then voluble and bold, now hid, now seen, Among thick-woven arborets, and flowers Imbordered on each bank, the hand of Eve: Spot more delicious than those gardens feigned Or of revived Adonis, or renowned Alcinous, host of old Laertes' son.