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 of specimens of plants, dried and preserved and arranged systematically; a herbarium.

Etymologies

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Latin hortus ("garden") + siccus ("dry").

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