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Webster 1913 Edition

Herbalism

Herb′al-ism

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Noun.

The knowledge of herbs.

Definition 2025

herbalism

herbalism

English

Noun

herbalism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural herbalisms)

The use or study of medicinal herbs.
(obsolete) Botany, the study of plants in general.

Synonyms

herblore

Translations

practice or study of medicinal herbs

Chinese:
Mandarin: 药草学, 藥草學 ‎(yàocǎoxué)
Finnish: kasvilääkintä, yrttiterapia, fytoterapia, herbalismi
French: herboristerie (fr) f, herbalisme m
German: Kräuterkunde f

Irish: luibhliacht f
Japanese: 本草学 ‎(ほんぞうがく, honzōgaku)
Russian: гербали́зм m ‎(gerbalízm), траволече́ние (ru) n ‎(travolečénije)
Volapük: sanakebav

(obsolete) botany — see botany