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Specimen vs Solander - What's the difference?

specimen | solander |

As nouns the difference between specimen and solander

is that specimen is an individual instance that represents a class; an example while solander is a box, in the form of a book, used for keeping botanical specimens etc; drop-spine or clamshell box.

specimen

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
    • early specimens of the art of Picasso
  • A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
  • An eligible man.
    • Examples:

    Related terms

    * species

    solander

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Solander

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A box, in the form of a book, used for keeping botanical specimens etc; drop-spine or clamshell box
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1991 , year_published=2011 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author= , title=Museum studies, Volumes 17-18 , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Art Institute of Chicago , isbn= , page=93 , passage=Among the many unmatted drawings in the solander box was a large, colorful chalk and pastel Christ Child on greenish-blue laid paper ... }} English eponyms