hortus siccus

• POS: Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: hor=tus sic=cus

CIDE DICTIONARY

hortus siccus,  [L., a dry garden.].

 A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hortus siccus, n.
1 an arranged collection of dried plants.
2 a collection of uninteresting facts etc.

Etymology

L, = dry garden

ROGET THESAURUS

hortus siccus

Botany

N botany, physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany, phytography, phytology, phytotomy, vegetable physiology, herborization, dendrology, mycology, fungology, algology, flora, romona, botanic garden, hortus siccus, herbarium, herbal, botanist, herbist, herbarist, herbalist, herborist, herbarian, botanical, botanic.