herbarium
noun
a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
herbariums
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pluralof herbarium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Muñoz-Rodríguez and his colleagues visited museums and herbariums around the world to take samples of sweet potato varieties and wild relatives.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2018
The world’s herbariums contain a vast number of varieties that have yet to be genetically tested.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2018
In Europe the Boehmeria tenacissima is but found in botanical gardens, or herbariums, and as yet not the slightest use is made of it for industrial purposes.
The sole decoration of the four rooms on the ground floor, which composed his lodgings, consisted of framed herbariums, and engravings of the old masters.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Specimens of this grass were sent to Kew and Calcutta herbariums for identification and they were named C. montana, with which I could not agree.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
