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herbarium

  • /hɜːˈbɛəɹi.əm/ UK
  • /(h)ɝˈbɛɹi.əm/ US

Rhymes with -ɛəɹiəm

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From Latin herbārium. Doublet of arbor.

noun herbariums · herbaria

  1. 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
  2. A building or institution where such a collection is kept.

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noun collection of dried plants

Españolherbario
한국어허바륨 heobaryum
日本語ハーバリアム hābariamu
中文蠟葉標本 /蜡叶标本 làyèbiāoběn, 植物標本 /植物标本 zhíwùbiāoběn
हिन्दीहर्बेरीअम harberīam
Portuguêsherbário
Françaisherbier
DeutschHerbarium
Italianoerbario
Ελληνικάφυτολόγιο fytológio
Românăierbar
Русскийгерба́рий gerbárij
Tiếng Việttập mẫu cây
العربيةمَعْشَبَة maʕšaba
עבריתעִשְׂבִּיָּה \ עשבייה isbiyá

noun building or institution where a collection of plants is held

Françaisherbier
DeutschHerbarium
Italianoerbario

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@misc{herbarium_2026,
  title = {herbarium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/herbarium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}