English Explanatory Dictionary

hortus siccus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved and arranged systematically; a herbarium.

Word forms

hortus siccus

Etymology

From Latin hortus (“garden”) + siccus (“dry”).

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