Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

herbarium

/(h)ɝˈbɛɹi.əm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: herbar-i-um
IPA: /(h)ɝˈbɛɹi.əm/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.

noun

A building or institution where such a collection is kept.

Example Sentences

"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[…]"

Etymology

From Latin herbārium. Doublet of arbor.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /(h)ɝˈbɛɹi.əm/
British English: /hɜːˈbɛəɹi.əm/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Botany.

Inflected Forms

herbariums (plural) herbaria (plural)

Phrases

botanical garden

Frequently Paired Words

herbarial arboretum botanical garden fungarium hortorium xylarium

Rhymes With

fusarium samarium imaginarium vivarium columbarium armamentarium oceanarium seaquarium itinerarium leprosarium insectarium antiquarium

Questions

How do you pronounce herbarium?: The recorded pronunciation is /(h)ɝˈbɛɹi.əm/.
What does herbarium mean?: A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
Where does herbarium come from?: From Latin herbārium. Doublet of arbor.

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