a box for botanical specimens, maps, colour plates, etc, made in the form of a book, the front cover being the lid
Word origin
C18: named after D. D. Solander (1736–82), Swedish botanist
solander in American English
(səˈlændər)
noun
a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front coverand fore edge hinged
Word origin
[1780–90; named after Daniel Charles Solander (1736–82), Swedish naturalist who invented it]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon, classification, dynamics, oxygen, seep