exsiccata

English

Noun

exsiccata

  1. plural of exsiccatum

Noun

exsiccata (countable and uncountable, plural exsiccatae)

  1. A set of dried specimens such as that in a herbarium.
    • 1925, Puget Sound Marine Station Publications, volume 4, Puget Sound Biological Station, page 274:
      This consists of over 1000 specimens from different parts of the state , made by various collectors, and forms a nucleus of an exsiccata of the Uredinales of Washington.
    • 2011, David N. Livingstone, Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science, page 297:
      The exsiccatae formed a genre ideally suited to the observational skills of these most local of collectors.

References
  • Botanical Latin, William T. Stearn, 1966, Thomas Nelton and Sons Ltd., London, pp. 418, 426

Latin

Participle

exsiccāta

  1. inflection of exsiccātus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

exsiccātā

  1. ablative feminine singular of exsiccātus
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