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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HERBORIZE

v.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.

 

HERBORIZE

v.t.To figure; to form the figures of plants in minerals. [See Arborize. ]

 

HERBORIZED

pp. Figured; containing the figure of a plant; as a mineral body. Daubenton has shown that herborized stones contain very fine mosses.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HERBORIZE

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

 

Defn: To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke.

 

HERBORIZE

HERBORIZE Her "bo *rize, v. t.

 

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