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vasculum

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vas⋅cu⋅lum

  [vas-kyuh-luhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] , -lums.
a kind of case or box used by botanists for carrying specimens as they are collected.
Origin:
1825–35; < L vāsculum little vessel. See vas, -cule 1
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vas·cu·lum   (vās'kyə-ləm)   
n.   pl. vas·cu·la (-lə)
A small box or case used for carrying collected plant specimens.

[Latin vāsculum, small vessel; see vascular.]
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