| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.[Websters]
2. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: herborizing, herborized, herborizes, herborizer, herborizers, herborizingly and herborizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HERBORIZE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HERBORIZE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] 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.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To seek and classify new or previously known plant species. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
