English

Noun

vasculum ‎(plural vasculums or vascula)

1. A container used by botanists to keep samples viable by maintaining a cool, humid environment.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from vās ‎(“vessel”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːs.ku.lum/

Noun

vāsculum n ‎(genitive vāsculī); second declension

1. A small vessel or container.
2. A small beehive.
3. (by extension) A seed-capsule or seed-vessel.
4. (by extension) The calyx of a fruit.

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• vāsculārius
• vāscellum

Related terms

• vās
• vāsārium
• vāsātus

Descendants

• English: vasculum
• Italian: vascolo

References

• vasculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vasculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VASCULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vasculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.