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; garden, sack ³

Example Sentences

“Dear sir, you are quite right; and believe me, I would never dream of acting otherwise—only—had I not better see about Miss Fane’s hortus siccus, as you say she goes to-day?”

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various

I have sought and viewed in their native haunts many a plant and flower which for me had long bloomed unseen, or only in the hortus siccus.

From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa

The last thing I should dream of suggesting would be a hortus siccus....

From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund

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

The meadows and forests are a hortus siccus.

From Excursions by Thoreau, Henry David