herbarium

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

noun

plural

herbariums, herbaria 

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

Other Word Forms

• herbarial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of herbarium¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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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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