hortus siccus

[ hawr-tuhs sik-uhs ]

/ ˈhɔr təs ˈsɪk əs /

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noun

a collection of dried plants; herbarium.

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Origin of hortus siccus

1680–90; <Latin: dry garden; see garden, sack³

Words nearby hortus siccus

Horthy, horticultural, horticulture, horticulturist, Horton, hortus siccus, hor. un. spatio, Horus, Hos., hosanna, hose

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How to use hortus siccus in a sentence

A surrounding fence (Hortus conclusus of the Litanies) is represented on the pedestal (photo opposite).
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres|Unknown
Without his aid the richest repository ever clasped between the covers of a book would remain a fons signatus a hortus conclusus.
The Young Priest's Keepsake|Michael Phelan
The old mythologists worked at a hortus siccus, at myths dried and pressed in thoroughly literary books, Greek and Latin.
Modern Mythology|Andrew Lang
The floral outfit of pastoral poets, when Crabbe began to write, was a hortus siccus indeed.
Crabbe, (George)|Alfred Ainger

It would make, he said, a splendid place for a hortus siccus--a "great ornament to our ponds and ditches."
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character|Edward Bannerman Ramsay

British Dictionary definitions for hortus siccus

hortus siccus

/ (ˈhɔːtəs ˈsɪkəs) /

noun

a less common name for herbarium

Word Origin for hortus siccus

C17: Latin, literally: dry garden

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