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

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hortus siccus

He devoted much of his time to botany, and left a hortus siccus of forty folio volumes, in which he described the more interesting plants of Virginia and North Carolina.

From General Scott by Wright, Marcus Joseph

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

And so, instead of presenting us with a hortus siccus, with a botanic collection of scientifically arranged and dead propositions, He led us into the meadow where the flowers grow, living and fair.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

The old mythologists worked at a hortus siccus, at myths dried and pressed in thoroughly literary books, Greek and Latin. 

From Modern Mythology by Lang, Andrew

“It was originally intended for botanical productions, Tom,” he said; “for a sort of hortus siccus, if you know what that means.”

From The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam by Fenn, George Manville