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herbarium

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /hɜːˈbɛəɹi.əm/
  • General-American: /(h)ɝˈbɛɹi.əm/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹiəm
  • CMU ARPABET: HH ER0 B EH1 R IY2 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: ER0 B EH1 R IY2 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A building or institution where such a collection is kept.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

History

Etymology

From Latin herbārium. Doublet of arbor.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bimëtore — collection of dried plants
  • Arabic: مَعْشَبَة (maʕšaba) — collection of dried plants
  • Armenian: հերբարիում (herbarium) — collection of dried plants
  • Azerbaijani: herbari — collection of dried plants
  • Belarusian: герба́рый (hjerbáryj) — collection of dried plants
  • Bulgarian: херба́рий (herbárij) — collection of dried plants
  • Catalan: herbari — collection of dried plants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蠟葉標本 /蜡叶标本 (làyèbiāoběn) — collection of dried plants
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植物標本 /植物标本 (zhíwùbiāoběn) — collection of dried plants
  • Czech: herbář — collection of dried plants
  • Danish: herbarium — collection of dried plants
  • Dutch: herbarium — collection of dried plants
  • Estonian: herbaarium — collection of dried plants
  • Finnish: kasvio — collection of dried plants
  • Finnish: herbaario — collection of dried plants
  • French: herbier — collection of dried plants
  • Georgian: ჰერბარიუმი (herbariumi) — collection of dried plants
  • German: Herbarium — collection of dried plants
  • Greek: φυτολόγιο (fytológio) — collection of dried plants
  • Hebrew: עִשְׂבִּיָּה \ עשבייה (isbiyá) — collection of dried plants
  • Hindi: हर्बेरीअम (harberīam) — collection of dried plants
  • Hungarian: préselt növénygyűjtemény — collection of dried plants
  • Indonesian: herbarium — collection of dried plants
  • Italian: erbario — collection of dried plants
  • Japanese: ハーバリアム (hābariamu) — collection of dried plants
  • Kazakh: гербарий (gerbarii) — collection of dried plants
  • Korean: 허바륨 (heobaryum) — collection of dried plants
  • Kyrgyz: гербарий (gerbariy) — collection of dried plants
  • Latin: herbārium — collection of dried plants
  • Latvian: herbārijs — collection of dried plants
  • Lithuanian: herbariumas — collection of dried plants
  • Malay: herbarium — collection of dried plants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herbarium — collection of dried plants
  • Iranian Persian: هِرْبارْیوم (herbâryum) — collection of dried plants
  • Polish: zielnik — collection of dried plants
  • Polish: herbarium — collection of dried plants
  • Portuguese: herbário — collection of dried plants
  • Romanian: ierbar — collection of dried plants
  • Russian: герба́рий (gerbárij) — collection of dried plants
  • Serbo-Croatian: хербаријум — collection of dried plants
  • Serbo-Croatian: herbarijum — collection of dried plants
  • Slovak: herbár — collection of dried plants
  • Slovene: herbarij — collection of dried plants
  • Spanish: herbario — collection of dried plants
  • Swedish: herbarium — collection of dried plants
  • Tajik: гербарий (gerbariy) — collection of dried plants
  • Tajik: ҳербориюм (herboriyum) — collection of dried plants
  • Turkish: herbaryum — collection of dried plants
  • Ukrainian: герба́рій (herbárij) — collection of dried plants
  • Uzbek: gerbariy — collection of dried plants
  • Vietnamese: tập mẫu cây — collection of dried plants
  • Dutch: herbarium — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • Finnish: kasvio — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • Finnish: herbaario — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • French: herbier — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • German: Herbarium — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • Hungarian: herbárium — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • Indonesian: herbarium — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • Italian: erbario — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • Malay: herbarium — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
  • Welsh: llysieufa — building or institution where a collection of plants is held
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