Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A collection of specimens of plants carefully dried and preserved for botanical purposes; a herbarium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
collection ofspecimens ofplants , dried and preserved and arrangedsystematically ; aherbarium .
Etymologies
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Latin hortus ("garden") + siccus ("dry").
Examples
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chained_bear commented on the word hortus siccus
See usage note on binturong.
March 4, 2008