Herbarium Definition

hûr-bârē-əm, ûr-
herbaria, herbariums
noun
A collection of dried plants classified, mounted, and used for botanical study.
Webster's New World
A room, building, case, etc. for keeping such a collection.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
herbarium
Plural:
herbaria, herbariums

Origin of Herbarium

  • Late Latin herbārium from Latin herbārius one skilled in herbs from Latin herba herb, vegetation

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin herbārium.

    From Wiktionary

Herbarium Sentence Examples

  • The original herbarium of Linnaeus is in the possession of the Linnaean Society of London.

  • The herbarium at Melbourne, Australia, under Baron Muller, attained large proportions; and that of the Botanical Garden of Calcutta is noteworthy as the repository of numerous specimens described by writers on Indian botany.

  • To ensure that all shall lie evenly in the herbarium the plants should be made to occupy as far as possible alternately the right and left sides of their respective sheets.

  • Its botanic collection contains the famous Vienna herbarium, while to the university is attached a fine botanical garden.

  • In these confused records of human imagination gone mad, we possess a veritable herbarium of all possible Gnostic ideas, which were once active and now rest peacefully side by side.

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