ARBORICIDE

PRONUNCIATION: (ar-BO-ruh-syd)

MEANING: noun: The killing of a tree.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin arbor (tree) + -cide (killing). Earliest documented use: 1899.
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HARBORICIDE - site of many a seafood restaurant

ARMORICIDE - death by jousting

ARBORITIDE - high water in the Banyan grove