Meanings
nounherbarium (plural herbariums or herbaria)
plural herbariums · plural herbaria
- A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
1 more example
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii - A building or institution where such a collection is kept.
Origin
- Latinherbārium
- Englishherbarium
From Latin herbārium. Doublet of arbor.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَعْشَبَة
- مَعْشَبَة (maʕšaba)collection of dried plants
Bulgarian херба́рий
- херба́рий (herbárij)collection of dried plants
Catalan herbari
- herbaricollection of dried plants
Chinese Mandarin 蠟葉標本 /蜡叶标本, 植物標本 /植物标本
- 蠟葉標本 /蜡叶标本 (làyèbiāoběn)collection of dried plants
- 植物標本 /植物标本 (zhíwùbiāoběn)collection of dried plants
Czech herbář
- herbářcollection of dried plants
Danish herbarium
- herbariumcollection of dried plants
Dutch herbarium, herbarium
- herbariumcollection of dried plants
- herbariumbuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
Estonian herbaarium
- herbaariumcollection of dried plants
Finnish kasvio, herbaario
- kasviocollection of dried plants
- herbaariocollection of dried plants
- kasviobuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
- herbaariobuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
French herbier, herbier
- herbiercollection of dried plants
- herbierbuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
German Herbarium, Herbarium
- Herbariumcollection of dried plants
- Herbariumbuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
Greek φυτολόγιο
- φυτολόγιο (fytológio)collection of dried plants
Hebrew עִשְׂבִּיָּה \ עשבייה
- עִשְׂבִּיָּה \ עשבייה (isbiyá)collection of dried plants
Hindi हर्बेरीअम
- हर्बेरीअम (harberīam)collection of dried plants
Hungarian préselt növénygyűjtemény, herbárium
- préselt növénygyűjteménycollection of dried plants
- herbáriumbuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
Indonesian herbarium, herbarium
- herbariumcollection of dried plants
- herbariumbuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
Italian erbario, erbario
- erbariocollection of dried plants
- erbariobuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
Japanese ハーバリアム
- ハーバリアム (hābariamu)collection of dried plants
Korean 허바륨
- 허바륨 (heobaryum)collection of dried plants
Latin herbārium
- herbāriumcollection of dried plants
Latvian herbārijs
- herbārijscollection of dried plants
Lithuanian herbariumas
- herbariumascollection of dried plants
Malay herbarium, herbarium
- herbariumcollection of dried plants
- herbariumbuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
Norwegian Bokmål herbarium
- herbariumcollection of dried plants
Polish zielnik, herbarium
- zielnikcollection of dried plants
- herbariumcollection of dried plants
- herbariumbuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
Portuguese herbário
- herbáriocollection of dried plants
Romanian ierbar
- ierbarcollection of dried plants
Russian герба́рий
- герба́рий (gerbárij)collection of dried plants
Slovak herbár
- herbárcollection of dried plants
Spanish herbario
- herbariocollection of dried plants
Swedish herbarium
- herbariumcollection of dried plants
Turkish herbaryum
- herbaryumcollection of dried plants
Ukrainian герба́рій
- герба́рій (herbárij)collection of dried plants
Vietnamese tập mẫu cây
- tập mẫu câycollection of dried plants
Welsh llysieufa
- llysieufabuilding or institution where a collection of plants is held
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with herbarium
fusariumimaginariumvivariumsamariumcolumbariumseaquariumoceanariumarmamentariumacarinariumallylsamariumantiquariumaquaterrariumargentarium-ariumascidiariumaviculariumbalsamariumbullariumbunariumcaldariumcalendariumcalidariumcalvariumcanarium
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
herbarium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herbarium
MLA
“herbarium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herbarium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “herbarium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herbarium.
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