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State of play: Des Moines is one of over 120 partners in the Arbor Day Foundation's Community Canopy program.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Southern California Edison, for instance, offers free trees to some customers through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Canopy and Energy-Saving Trees programs.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
There’s one thing that almost everybody can be a part of, and that is planting trees.
— Dan Lambe, Arbor Day Foundation
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—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2024
According to the Arbor Day Foundation, a single mature tree can soak up more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide from the air each year, and an acre of mature trees can absorb the amount of CO2 produced by a car driven 26,000 miles (~42,000 km).
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 31 July 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Latin arbor tree
First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined above
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“Arbor Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Arbor%20Day. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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Arbor Day
noun
: a day in April set aside as a day to plant trees
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