herbarium

Definitions

1. A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
2. A building or institution where such a collection is kept.

Equivalents

Examples

“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⟳[…]”

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