Herbarium

/hɜːbˈe‍əɹi‍əm/

/ɝˈbɛˌɹiəm/, /hɝˈbɛˌɹiəm/

[noun]

Herbarium

[NOUN]

a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study

Examples

1. We have about three million specimens in our herbarium.

2. But we have inner herbarium at the aquarium called the aquarium herbarium.

3. In early afternoon Beatriz, Elizabeth and I traveled outside of the city to the herbarium of the botanical gardens.

4. In the image on the left Eugenio Santiago, the curator of the herbarium at the botanical garden, shows us his most important collection, the type specimens.