Vasculum

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples.

    "‘Here,’ Jonas said, and picked up a brass vasculum. Unscrewing the lid he emptied it of herbs […]."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Italic *-elom Latin -ulum Latin -culum Latin vāsculumbor. English vasculum Borrowed from Latin vāsculum (“small vessel”).

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