hortus siccus

American  

[hawr-tuhs sik-uhs] / ˈhɔr təs ˈsɪk əs /

noun

1. a collection of dried plants; herbarium.

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hortus siccus British  

/ ˈhɔːtəs ˈsɪkəs /

noun

1. a less common name for herbarium

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Etymology

Origin of hortus siccus

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

Example Sentences

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hortus siccus

Some of us gather only poisonous weeds, and carry them about in the hortus siccus of our memories.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander

He wanted the dell of wild flowers, and not the hortus siccus.

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael

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

It would certainly be a valuable addition of nondescripts to the ample collection of known classes, genera, and species, which at present beautify the hortus siccus of Dissent.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

There words are fixed and dead, a botanical collection of colourless, scentless, dried weeds, a hortus siccus of proper names, each individual symbol poorly tethered to some single object or idea. 

From Style by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir