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Webster 1913 Edition

Herborize

Her′bo-rize

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Herborized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Herborizing
.]
[F.
herboriser
, for
herbariser
, fr. L.
herbarium
. See
Hebrarium
.]
To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.
He
herborized
as he traveled.
W. Tooke.

Her′bo-rize

,
Verb.
T.
To form the figures of plants in; – said in reference to minerals. See
Arborized
.
Herborized
stones contain fine mosses.
Fourcroy (Trans.)

Webster 1828 Edition

Herborize

HERB'ORIZE

,
Verb.
I.
To search for plants, or to seek new species of plants, with a view to ascertain their characters and to class them.
He herborized as he traveled, and enriched the Flora Suecica with new discoveries.

HERB'ORIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To figure; to form the figures of plants in minerals. [See Arborize.]

Definition 2024

herborize

herborize

English

Verb

herborize ‎(third-person singular simple present herborizes, present participle herborizing, simple past and past participle herborized)

  1. (botany) to seek and classify new or previously known plant species

Translations

Etymology

French herboriser, for herbariser, from Latin .

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