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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Herborize

· Her·bo·rize · IPA
01 v. i. To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.
imp. & p. p. Herborized; p. pr. & vb. n. Herborizing
  1. 1.
    To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.
    “He herborized as he traveled.” — W. Tooke.
02 v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.
  1. 1.
    To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized. See: Arborized
    Herborized stones contain fine mosses.” Fourcroy (Trans.)