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hortus siccus
[ hawr-tuhs sik-uhs ]
noun
- a collection of dried plants; herbarium.
hortus siccus
/ ˈhɔːtəs ˈsɪkəs /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hortus siccus1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hortus siccus1
C17: Latin, literally: dry garden
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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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