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–noun,
plural
-ar⋅ies.
a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives.
Origin:
1645–55;
< L
apiārium
beehive, equiv. to
api
(
s
) bee +
-ārium
-ary
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a·pi·ar·y
(ā'pē-ěr'ē)
n.
pl.
a·pi·ar·ies
A place where bees and beehives are kept, especially a place where bees are raised for their honey.
[Latin
apiārium
,
beehive
, from
apis
,
bee
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
apiary
1654, from L.
apiarium,
neut. of
apiarius
"of bees," from
apis
"bee," a mystery word unrelated to any similar words in other I.E. languages.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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