Primarily used in scientific and educational contexts, related to botany and preservation of plants.

Scientific Usage

Can refer to the physical room or building where the plant collection is housed.

Physical Space

Emphasizes that the plants in an herbarium are preserved in a specific way; pressed and dried.

Dried Specimens

 I went inside and looked at the job board. Yes, this is pre-the-internet. And I saw a three-by-five card advertising a job to work in the herbarium. I quickly took down the number, because it said "flexible hours,"

Herbarium