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herbarium

[ hur-bair-ee-uhm, ur- ]

noun

, plural her·bar·i·ums, her·bar·i·a [hur-, bair, -ee-, uh].
  1. a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
  2. a room or building in which such a collection is kept.


herbarium

/ hɜːˈbɛərɪəm /

noun

  1. a collection of dried plants that are mounted and classified systematically
  2. a building, room, etc, in which such a collection is kept
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • herˈbarial, adjective
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Other Words From

  • her·bari·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of herbarium1

1770–80; < Late Latin, equivalent to Latin herb ( a ) herb, green vegetation + -ārium -arium
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Example Sentences

Kevin says he loved walks in the countryside and collecting plants for his herbarium, and also studying at school.

From BBC

His work is based in MSU's herbarium, housing approximately 38,000 vascular plant specimens from around the world with an emphasis on the Southeastern U.S.

The team instead applied new genomic methods that allow ready sequencing of nuclear DNA from herbarium specimens, they reported on 24 April in Nature.

Sequencing genes in herbarium specimens has long been a difficult chore for plant geneticists, as the DNA is often degraded and fragmented.

This intensive fieldwork resulted in over a thousand new specimens deposited at the National Herbarium of Canada at the Canadian Museum of Nature and other herbaria worldwide.

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