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Definition of Hortus siccus

Hortus siccus
Hortus siccus Hor"tus sic"cus [L., a dry garden.] A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.

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- available plant material, even in winter, hence his Hortus hiemalis (winter garden) or Hortus siccus (dry garden). He and his students placed freshly gathered...
- occur in the British Isles He is also the editor of the exsiccata work Hortus siccus Britannicus, being a collection of dried British plants, named on the...
- dictu hortus in urbe A garden in the city Motto of the Chicago Park District, a playful allusion to the city's motto, urbs in horto, q.v. hortus siccus A...
- plants were authenticated by dried plant specimens mounted on card (a hortus siccus or garden of dried plants) that were stored in buildings called herbaria...
- dried, preserved collection of plant specimens, "hortus siccus", is brought in as "the hortus siccus of Dissent, where [Coleridge] pared religion down...
- dictu hortus in urbe A garden in the city Motto of the Chicago Park District, a playful allusion to the city's motto, urbs in horto, q.v. hortus siccus A...
- over the country in search of rare herbs, with a view to publishing a hortus siccus, but the plan failed. He obtained the degree of M.D. from the University...
- starting with spring. (Herbaria were called "hortus hyemale" or "hiemale" in Latin ('winter garden'), or "hortus siccus" ('dry garden'), and did not take on this...
- growing of live plants in the gardens, came the establishment of the hortus siccus (dry garden) for dried specimens and the physic garden for medicinal...
- while maintaining his home in Bologna. He created the first herbarium (hortus siccus) in that year, drying plants while pressing them between pieces of paper...