herbarium

Definition

A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.

Etymology

From Latin herbārium. Doublet of arbor.

Example Sentences

• "With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]"

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