arborist
pronunciation
How to pronounce arborist in British English:
UK ['ɑ:bərɪst]
How to pronounce arborist in American English:
US ['ɑrbərɪst]
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- Noun:
- a specialist in treating damaged trees
Word Origin
- arborist (n.)
- 1570s, from Latin arbor "tree," which is of unknown origin, + -ist. In early use probably from French arboriste.
Example
- 1. Arborist looks to clone redwood trees
- 2. Nearly 40 years later , the michigan arborist has returned to the region to realize his dream of preserving and restoring the most ancient of these trees using the latest advances in genetic cloning .
- 3. Not content merely to add four times more landscaping than the space current has , apple hired an arborist from stanford to put in indigenous trees , including apricot orchards , he said .