Definition of hortus siccus in English:

hortus siccus

nounPlural horti sicci ˌhɔːtəs ˈsɪkəsˌhôrdəs ˈsikəs

An arranged collection of dried plants; a herbarium.
Example sentencesExamples
- But really discussion seems pretty superfluous here and now; for if the better opinion were that history is a mere hortus siccus of documents and anecdotes, there would be no reason why I should be here at all, or, being here, why there should be any one to listen to me.
- The hortus siccus of Petrus Cadéis is a description of the oldest known collection of dried plants made in the Low Countries.
- There are no Dutch collections made by him in DBN; the entry in Index Herbariorum is incorrect as the Dutch collection (i.e. this hortus siccus) was prepared by ‘Dominus Gayvian’.
- He has also taken to collecting a hortus siccus, and was once mentioned in the Saturday Magazine as having been the first to find a plant, whose name I have forgotten, in the neighbourhood of Battersby.
- My business was to collect specimens as for a hortus siccus; not to cull flowers as for an anthology.
- Although still young, he has evinced powers of a nature very unusual in men whose lives, like his own, have been mainly devoted to the hortus siccus of classical erudition.
- Each hortus siccus she sent was remarkable for the precision both of mounting and description.

Origin

Latin, literally 'dry garden'.

Definition of hortus siccus in US English:

hortus siccus

nounˌhôrdəs ˈsikəs

An arranged collection of dried plants; a herbarium.
Example sentencesExamples
- He has also taken to collecting a hortus siccus, and was once mentioned in the Saturday Magazine as having been the first to find a plant, whose name I have forgotten, in the neighbourhood of Battersby.
- The hortus siccus of Petrus Cadéis is a description of the oldest known collection of dried plants made in the Low Countries.
- Each hortus siccus she sent was remarkable for the precision both of mounting and description.
- But really discussion seems pretty superfluous here and now; for if the better opinion were that history is a mere hortus siccus of documents and anecdotes, there would be no reason why I should be here at all, or, being here, why there should be any one to listen to me.
- There are no Dutch collections made by him in DBN; the entry in Index Herbariorum is incorrect as the Dutch collection (i.e. this hortus siccus) was prepared by ‘Dominus Gayvian’.
- Although still young, he has evinced powers of a nature very unusual in men whose lives, like his own, have been mainly devoted to the hortus siccus of classical erudition.
- My business was to collect specimens as for a hortus siccus; not to cull flowers as for an anthology.

Origin

Latin, literally ‘dry garden’.

单词	hortus siccus
释义	Definition of hortus siccus in English: hortus siccus nounPlural horti sicci ˌhɔːtəs ˈsɪkəsˌhôrdəs ˈsikəs An arranged collection of dried plants; a herbarium. Example sentencesExamples But really discussion seems pretty superfluous here and now; for if the better opinion were that history is a mere hortus siccus of documents and anecdotes, there would be no reason why I should be here at all, or, being here, why there should be any one to listen to me. The hortus siccus of Petrus Cadéis is a description of the oldest known collection of dried plants made in the Low Countries. There are no Dutch collections made by him in DBN; the entry in Index Herbariorum is incorrect as the Dutch collection (i.e. this hortus siccus) was prepared by ‘Dominus Gayvian’. He has also taken to collecting a hortus siccus, and was once mentioned in the Saturday Magazine as having been the first to find a plant, whose name I have forgotten, in the neighbourhood of Battersby. My business was to collect specimens as for a hortus siccus; not to cull flowers as for an anthology. Although still young, he has evinced powers of a nature very unusual in men whose lives, like his own, have been mainly devoted to the hortus siccus of classical erudition. Each hortus siccus she sent was remarkable for the precision both of mounting and description. Origin Latin, literally 'dry garden'. Definition of hortus siccus in US English: hortus siccus nounˌhôrdəs ˈsikəs An arranged collection of dried plants; a herbarium. Example sentencesExamples He has also taken to collecting a hortus siccus, and was once mentioned in the Saturday Magazine as having been the first to find a plant, whose name I have forgotten, in the neighbourhood of Battersby. The hortus siccus of Petrus Cadéis is a description of the oldest known collection of dried plants made in the Low Countries. Each hortus siccus she sent was remarkable for the precision both of mounting and description. But really discussion seems pretty superfluous here and now; for if the better opinion were that history is a mere hortus siccus of documents and anecdotes, there would be no reason why I should be here at all, or, being here, why there should be any one to listen to me. There are no Dutch collections made by him in DBN; the entry in Index Herbariorum is incorrect as the Dutch collection (i.e. this hortus siccus) was prepared by ‘Dominus Gayvian’. Although still young, he has evinced powers of a nature very unusual in men whose lives, like his own, have been mainly devoted to the hortus siccus of classical erudition. My business was to collect specimens as for a hortus siccus; not to cull flowers as for an anthology. Origin Latin, literally ‘dry garden’.
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