vasculum
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vasculum
First recorded in 1825–35, vasculum is from the Latin word vāsculum little vessel. See vas, -cule 1
Example Sentences
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Therefore he got out the improvised vasculum, and invited Marjorie and the older Carruthers children to come with him down to the brook to look for wild flowers.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
If you have a botanist's vasculum, by all means take it, for nothing can serve this purpose better.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.
Don't forget to take a vasculum or a basket, and a hammer for fossils, and be sure you put on strong boots.
From The Luckiest Girl in the School by Brazil, Angela
His umbrella—a very shabby, baggy gingham—was closed and stuffed with botanical treasures; and his vasculum, slung beneath one arm, was so gorged with herbs and flowers of the field that it would not close.
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
Of course, it was an accident that the cord was short, and that Coristine bent his head just as the fair damsel stood on tiptoe to adjust the improvised vasculum.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
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