HERBORIZE

Etymology

Verb

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

(intransitive, botany) To seek and classify new or previously known plant species.

(transitive) To form plant-like figures in (minerals, etc.).

Source: Wiktionary

Her"bo*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herborized; p. pr. & vb. n. Herborizing.] Etym: [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See Hebrarium.]

Definition: 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, v. t.

Definition: To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized. Herborized stones contain fine mosses. Fourcroy (Trans.)

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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