xylarium
UK/zaɪˈlɛəɹi.əm/US/zaɪˈlɛɹi.əm/
xylarium noun: a herbarium specialising in specimens of wood.
Noun
xylarium (plural xylaria or xylariums)
- A herbarium specialising in specimens of wood.
- A plant anatomist receiving such samples can remove pickled wood and bark for anatomical study, then dry the remaining portions for inclusion in a xylarium.1996, Tod F. Stuessy, S. H. Sohmer, Sampling the Green World: Innovative Concepts of Collection, Preservation, and Storage of Plant Diversity
- The genus [Dalechampia] is poorly represented in xylaria and its wood is little known.2004, “Botany”, in Virginia Journal of Science: Official Publication of the Virginia Academy of Science, volume 55, number 1&2, page 33
Forms of xylarium
| plural | xylaria |
|---|---|
| plural | xylariums |
Origin of xylarium
From xylo- + -arium.
Words that rhyme with xylarium
- columbarium
- tepidarium
- caldarium
- sacrarium
- -arium
- herbarium
- necessarium
- ocularium
- samarium
- vestiarium
- acarinarium
- allylsamarium
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- antiquarium
- aquaterrarium
- argentarium
- armamentarium
- ascidiarium
- avicularium
- balsamarium
- bullarium
- bunarium
- calendarium
- calidarium
- calvarium
- canarium
- chilarium
- cibarium
- cinerarium
- clavicularium
- cochlearium
- collectarium
- collunarium
- cometarium
- conarium
- demecarium
- dibarium
- disamarium
- disciplinarium
- dissepimentarium
- emissarium
- evangelarium
- formicarium
- frigidarium
- fusarium
- gerbilarium
- germarium
- glaciarium
- glirarium
- gnathochilarium
- herpetarium
- hexabarium
- imaginarium
- insectarium
- Intermarium
- intracalvarium
- itinerarium
- juvenarium
- lactarium
- lararium
- larvarium
Questions about xylarium
- What does xylarium mean?
- Xylarium means a herbarium specialising in specimens of wood.
- What part of speech is xylarium?
- Xylarium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce xylarium?
- Xylarium is pronounced /zaɪˈlɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of xylarium?
- The plural of xylarium is xylaria.
Words near xylarium in the dictionary
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