Arbor Day

noun

: a day designated for planting trees

Examples of Arbor Day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Earth Day help Cupertino is looking for tabling partners, volunteers, performers and sponsors for the city’s 16th annual Earth and Arbor Day festival, set for Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Cupertino Library Field, 10800 Torre Ave. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024 The quantity and quality of a natural understanding The Arbor Day Foundation is another national nonprofit using a blend of data and local expertise to help increase forest cover across the United States. The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2024 Guided tree tour and tree care tips in the Kleiner Park Arboretum (11 a.m.); Arbor Day Ceremony (noon) with proclamation reading, Tree City USA presentation, a tree planting and evergreen seedling give-away; Kleiner Park community garden tour and seed swap (12:30 p.m.). Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 Trees add a new layer of wood between the bark and the trunk each growing season, according to The Arbor Day Foundation. Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024 In April, the town celebrated Tree City USA designation, an award presented to the town by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources at the Springfield Hospital Center’s Arbor Day Tree planting ceremony. Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024 Everybody knows what a tree is, so why doesn’t Arbor Day just shut the f— up and go with Tree Day. Michael Schneider, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024 According to the Arbor Day Foundation, several other deciduous tree species also produce traffic-stopping fall tree colors across different regions of the United States. Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2023 The effort, called the Energy-Saving Trees program, is a joint collaboration between the DEM, the RI Tree Council, Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association, and the Arbor Day Foundation. Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Latin arbor tree

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Arbor Day was in 1863

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“Arbor Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Arbor%20Day. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

Arbor Day

noun
: a day in April set aside as a day to plant trees

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