The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
hortus siccus
n. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved and arranged systematically; a herbarium.
Usage examples of "hortus siccus".
And surely the first meeting should be in a living context, and not in a dictionary, like dried flowers in a hortus siccus!