hortus siccus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hortus siccus
Example Sentences
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Nymphalis Calydonia is to be found here, and I must shoot a few specimens of Cymbirhynchus Macrorhynchus, besides supplying my hortus siccus with a complete series of Nepenthes.”
From Middy and Ensign by Rowlandson, G. D.
The hortus siccus of a botanist may accidentally sow seeds from the foot of the Himalayas on the plains that skirt the Alps.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various
He also travelled over the country in search of rare herbs, with a view to publishing a hortus siccus, but the plan failed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Our would be Achilles, laden with that huge bunch of materials for Lady Mabel's hortus siccus, thinks himself like Hercules with the distaff.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
The floral outfit of pastoral poets, when Crabbe began to write, was a hortus siccus indeed.
From English Men of Letters: Crabbe by Ainger, Alfred
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