herbarium

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A building or institution where such a collection is kept
A collection of dried plants or parts of plants

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.

a collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study
Collection of dried plant specimens mounted on sheets of paper, identified by experts and labeled by their proper scientific names, together with other information (where they were collected, how they grew, etc.). These specimens are filed in cases according to families and genera, available for ready reference. Like botanical gardens and arboretums, herbaria are the "dictionaries" of the plant kingdom, the reference specimens essential to the proper naming of unknown plants
{i} collection of dry plants and herbs; room where dry plants are stored
a collection of well documented, preserved (usually dry) plant samples equipped with the name (if available), geographical, chronological and collectors data, and typically archived in natural history collections Dry plant samples provide data for systematical and area-geographical studies, also document "type specimens" the original naming
a collection of dried, pressed or preserved plant specimens with associated relevant data
[n] a place where leaves, flowers, seeds, and stems of plants are preserved and stored along with information about them
The herbarium (or herbaria) in which the specimen is held using abbreviations from Index Herbariorum
A book or case for preserving dried plants
A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged
The kitchen garden of an abbey or monastery
herbaria
plural of herbarium
herbarium

    Hyphenation

    her·ba·ri·um

    Turkish pronunciation

    hırberiım

    Pronunciation

    /hərˈberēəm/ /hɜrˈbɛriːəm/

    Etymology

    () From Latin herbārium.
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