English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin salictum, salicētum (plantation, grove or thicket of willows), from salix (willow).

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Noun

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salicetum (plural salicetums or saliceta)

  1. A group of willow trees.
    • 1838 February, “On the Formation of a Public Botanic Garden”, in The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement:
      In the arrangement, of course, I should expect to see every hardy tree which could be collected in any part of the globe; and I even anticipate revelling in quercetums, fraxinetums, salicetums, pinetums, aceretums, &c.

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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salix (willow) +‎ -ētum (grove)

Noun

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salicētum n (genitive salicētī); second declension

  1. a plantation, grove, or thicket of willows

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative salicētum salicēta
Genitive salicētī salicētōrum
Dative salicētō salicētīs
Accusative salicētum salicēta
Ablative salicētō salicētīs
Vocative salicētum salicēta

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