Etymology

hortus siccus

Today it means: A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved and arranged systematically; a herbarium. Full definition →

Latin hortus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromhortus“garden”
  2. English todayhortus siccus

From Latin hortus (“garden”) + siccus (“dry”).

Words from the same roots

Latinhortus all →

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