Category:Solarium

So*la"ri*um, n.; pl. Solaria. Etym: [l. See solar, n.]

1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or Inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a Hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of The genus solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and Usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called Also perspective shell.