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a·pi·ar·y
/
ˈeɪ
piˌɛr
i
/
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ey
-pee-er-ee
]
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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.
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Origin:
1645–55;
<
Latin
apiārium
beehive, equivalent to
api
(
s
) bee +
-ārium
-ary
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apiary
(ˈeɪpɪərɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-aries
a place where bees are kept, usually in beehives
[C17: from Latin
apiārium
from
apis
bee]
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apiary
1650s, from L. apiarium "beehouse, beehive," neut. of apiarius "of bees," from apis "bee," a mystery word unrelated to any similar words in other I.E. languages. Related: Apiarist (1816).
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