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Herbariums

Herbarium \Her*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. Herbariums, L. Herbaria. [LL., fr. L. herba. See Herb, and cf. Arbor, Herbary.]

  1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged.
    --Gray.

  2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.

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herbariums

n. (plural of herbarium English)

Usage examples of "herbariums".

The sole decoration of the four rooms on the ground floor, which composed his lodgings, consisted of framed herbariums, and engravings of the old masters.

On the day of his entrance into his new quarters, he was very gay, and drove the nails on which his engravings and herbariums were to hang, with his own hands, dug in his garden the rest of the day, and at night, perceiving that Mother Plutarque had a melancholy air, and was very thoughtful, he tapped her on the shoulder and said to her with a smile: "We have the indigo!

The only decoration of the four ground-floor rooms which, with a small garden, formed his dwelling, were some framed herbariums and a few engravings of old masters.