rooteryn.
/ˈruːt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈrudəri/, /ˈrʊdəri/ An ornamental arrangement of tree roots with soil between them into which garden plants are set. Cf. rockery n.
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grounda1500
knot-garden1519
back-garden1535
summer garden1589
spring garden1612
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water gardena1626
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wildernessa1644
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botanic garden1662
Hanging Gardens1705
winter garden1736
cottage garden1765
Vauxhall1770
English garden1771
wall garden1780
chinampa1787
moat garden1826
gardenesque1832
sunk garden1835
roof garden1844
weedery1847
wild garden1852
rootery1855
beer-garden1863
Japanese garden1863
bog-garden1883
Italian garden1883
community garden1884
sink garden1894
trough garden1935
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1855 Cottage Gardener 21 Aug. 370/2 Were it desirable, there is no end to the beauty and interest that might be centered in this valley, by winding, shady walks, grottoes, rooteries, ferneries, &c.
1898 Gardener's Mag. 3 Sept. 572/2 Rosa Luciæ—R. Wichuraiana of American gardens—is already becoming popular in this country for covering ground, for rooteries, &c.
1919 R. J. Farrer Eng. Rock-garden I. p. xl ‘Rockeries’ were clayey mounds, or dogs' graves, or almond puddings of spikes, or rooteries, or dank depressions in the woodland.
1993 Evening Standard (Nexis) 24 May 25 Rockeries are last year's folly; instead, create a rootery with the help of Cheshire Gardens Consortium, which shows ferns and ivies that grow on stumps and roots.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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