salicetum

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sæləˈsiːdəm/

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

By leveling, from salictum; by surface analysis, salix +‎ -ētum.

Noun

salicētum n (genitive salicētī); second declension

  1. alternative form of salictum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative salicētum salicēta
genitive salicētī salicētōrum
dative salicētō salicētīs
accusative salicētum salicēta
ablative salicētō salicētīs
vocative salicētum salicēta

Descendants

  • English: salicetum
  • French: saussaie
  • Galician: Salcedo, Salceda
  • Italian: saliceto
  • Provençal: sauzeda
  • Romanian: sălcet
  • Spanish: saucedo, salceda, salcedo

References

  • salicetum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • "salicetum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)