viticetum

viticetum
/vit'euh see"teuhm/, n., pl. viticetums, viticeta /-teuh/.
a place where vines, esp. grapevines, are cultivated.
[ < L viti(s) vine + -c- by association with vitic- (s. of vitex) chaste tree + -etum suffix denoting place where a given plant grows]

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