hortus siccus

[ hawr-tuhs sik-uhs ]

noun

1. a collection of dried plants; herbarium.

hortus siccus

/ ˈhɔːtəs ˈsɪkəs /

noun

1. See herbarium
   a less common name for herbarium

Word History and Origins

Origin of hortus siccus¹

1680–90; < Latin: dry garden; garden, sack ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of hortus siccus¹

C17: Latin, literally: dry garden

Example Sentences

The old mythologists worked at a hortus siccus, at myths dried and pressed in thoroughly literary books, Greek and Latin.

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The floral outfit of pastoral poets, when Crabbe began to write, was a hortus siccus indeed.

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It would make, he said, a splendid place for a hortus siccus--a "great ornament to our ponds and ditches."

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The hortus siccus of a botanist may accidentally sow seeds from the foot of the Himalayas on the plains that skirt the Alps.

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He has incidentally thrown out much curious knowledge—such as his plan for forming a Hortus Siccus, &c.

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