herbarium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin herbārium.
Noun[edit]
herbarium (plural herbariums or herbaria)
- A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- A building or institution where such a collection is kept.
Translations[edit]
collection of dried plants
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building or institution where a collection of plants is held
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From herbārius (“botanist”), from herba (“grass, vegetation”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
herbārium (genitive herbāriī); n, second declension
- herbarium; a collection of dried plants
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | herbārium | herbāria |
| genitive | herbāriī | herbāriōrum |
| dative | herbāriō | herbāriīs |
| accusative | herbārium | herbāria |
| ablative | herbāriō | herbāriīs |
| vocative | herbārium | herbāria |
