Riker mount
noun
Ri·ker mount
\¦rīkə(r)-\
Definition of Riker mount
: a flat pasteboard container having a glass cover, containing cotton wool, and used for mounting a specimen (as a plant or insect)
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Origin and Etymology of riker mount
after Albert Joyce Riker, born 1894 American botanist
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