exsiccata

English

Noun

exsiccata

1. plural of exsiccatum

Noun

exsiccata (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