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vasculum

[ vas-kyuh-luhm ]

noun

plural vascula vasculums.
  1. a kind of case or box used by botanists for carrying specimens as they are collected.


vasculum

/ ˈ±¹Ã¦²õ°ìÂáÊŠ±ôÉ™³¾ /

noun

  1. a metal box used by botanists in the field for carrying botanical specimens
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vasculum1

First recorded in 1825–35, vasculum is from the Latin word ±¹Äå²õ³¦³Ü±ô³Ü³¾ little vessel. See vas, -cule 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vasculum1

C19: from Latin: little vessel, from vas
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Other essential tools were the vasculum, a metal tube lined with moss and slung over the shoulder used to transport orchids from the field, and a plant press — a wooden frame holding stacks of newspapers and glass panes for flattening and drying study specimens.

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The collector will find it advisable to take with him on his longer jaunts a larger tin collecting box as well as the smaller boxes, and for this purpose nothing is better than a good botanist's collecting can or vasculum.

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Of course I’m very sorry about poor old Arthur, though after all perhaps he’ll turn up all right, with his vasculum full of new orchids.

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His umbrella—a very shabby, baggy gingham—was closed and stuffed with botanical treasures; and his vasculum, slung beneath one arm, was so gorged with herbs and flowers of the field that it would not close.

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If the word is of Romanic origin it is probably a metathesized form of the Lat. vasculum, diminutive of vas, vessel.

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