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ar·bor·ist
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ɪst
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noun
a specialist in the cultivation and care of trees and shrubs, including tree surgery, the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tree diseases, and the
control
of pests.
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Origin:
1570–80;
arbor
3
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-ist
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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arborist
(ˈɑːbərɪst)
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n
a specialist in the cultivation of trees
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arborist
1570s, from L. arbor "tree," of unknown origin.
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