herborize

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HERB'ORIZE, verb intransitive 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 transitive To figure; to form the figures of plants in minerals. [See Arborize.]
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