vasculum

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noun

A container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples.

OriginLatin vāsculum ← Proto-Italic *wāss →
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Meanings

nounvasculum (plural vasculums or vascula)

plural vasculums · plural vascula

  1. A container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples.

    ‘Here,’ Jonas said, and picked up a brass vasculum. Unscrewing the lid he emptied it of herbs […].

    1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIII, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 108

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wāss
  2. Latinvās
  3. Latinvāsculum
  4. Englishvasculum

Borrowed from Latin vāsculum (“small vessel”).

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APA

vasculum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasculum

MLA

“vasculum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasculum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vasculum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasculum.

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