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English
Noun
exsiccata
- plural of exsiccatum
Noun
exsiccata (countable and uncountable, plural exsiccatae)
- 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
- inflection of exsiccātus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
exsiccātā
- ablative feminine singular of exsiccātus