exsiccatum

[ek-si-key-tuhm]

noun, plural ex·sic·ca·tums, ex·sic·ca·ta

[-tuh] . Botany, Mycology.

a specimen intentionally dried, especially for herbarium display.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin, Latin exsiccātum something dried, neuter of exsiccātus; see exsiccate

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Exsiccatum is always a great word to know.

So is multicellular diploid. Does it mean:

phylum of green, nonvascular, seedless plants comprised of true mosses, hornworts and liverworts

organisms having pairs of homologous chromosomes

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