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Hortus siccus

Hortus siccus \Hor"tus sic"cus\ [L., a dry garden.] A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.

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hortus siccus

n. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved and arranged systematically; a herbarium.

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And surely the first meeting should be in a living context, and not in a dictionary, like dried flowers in a hortus siccus!