herbary 
An herbary, for furnishing domestic medicines, always 
made a part of otir ancient gardens. 
T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, II. 231, note. 
herb-bane (erb' ban), . The broom-rape, Oro- 
banche major: probably so called from its in- 
jurious effect upon the herbs on the roots of 
which it is parasitic. 
herb-barbara (erb'bar'ba-ra), . Barbarea 
vulgaris, a winter cress indigenous to both Eu- 
rope and America. 
herVbennet (erb'ben'et), . [< ME. herbe 
beneit, < OF. herbe beneite, < ML. herba benedic- 
ta, lit. blessed herb : L. herba, herb ; benedicta, 
fern, of benedictus, blessed : see benedict. The 
ML. form is also given as herba Benedict!, i. e. 
' (St.) Benedict's (Bennet's) herb.' The plants 
were supposed to be antidotes to poisons, and 
to drive out serpents and vermin from houses in 
which they were kept.] 1. A European plant, 
Geum urbanum, also known as avens. It is aro- 
matic, tonic, and astringent, and has been used in medicine 
and as an ingredient in some ales. See Geum. 
2f. The common valerian, VaUriana officinalis. 
3t. The hemlock, Conium maculatum. 
herb-carpenter (erb'kar'pen-ter), n. The self- 
heal or heal-all, Bnmella vulgaris. See carpen- 
ter's-lterb. 
herb-christopher (erb'kris'to-fer), n. [ML. 
herba Cliristophori, i. e. '(St.) Christopher's 
herb.'] A name of several different plants, 
(a) A species of baneberry, the Actcea spicata. (6) Osmunda 
regalis, the royal flowering fern, (c) Pulicaria dysenterica, 
the fleabane. (d) Spiraea ulinaria, the meadow-sweet, (e) 
Filago Qermanica, the herb impious. (/) Stachys Betonica 
(Betonica officinalis), the wood-betony. See betony. (g) 
Vicia. Cracca or V. sepimn, two common European species 
of vetch. Also called Christopher. 
herb-doctor (erb'dok'tor), n. One who prac- 
tises healing by means of herbs or simples. 
[Colloq.] 
herbelett, See herblet. 
herber 1 t, n. A Middle English form of harbor*. 
herber 2 t, A Middle English form of arbor^. 
In a litel herber that I have, 
That benched was on turves fresh ygrave, 
I bad men shulde me my couche make. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 203. 
Scho lede hym in till a faire herbere, 
Whare frwte was 'growyng in gret plentee. 
Thomas of Ersieldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 108). 
herbergaget, n. A Middle English form of har- 
borage. 
herberget, A Middle English form of har- 
borouglt. 
herbergeourt, herberjourt, . Middle English 
forms of harbinger. 
herberwet, n. and v. A Middle English form of 
harborough. 
herbery (her'ber-i), n. Same as herbary. 
herbescent (her-bes'ent), a. [< L. herbes- 
cen(t-)s. ppr. of herbescere, grow as grass or 
herbs, < herba, grass : see herb.'] Resembling 
or growing like an herb ; having the character 
of an herb; becoming herbaceous; tending 
from a shrubby toward a herbaceous character. 
herb-eve, . See herb-ivy. 
herb-frankincense (erb'frangk'in-sens), n. 
The laserwort, Laserpitium latifolium, a Euro- 
pean umbelliferous plant possessing an aroma 
and some medicinal properties. 
herb-gerard (erb'jer'ard), n. A troublesome 
umbelliferous weed, 'Jfigopodium Podagraria, 
common throughout Europe. Also called gout- 
weed, goutwort, ashweed, and wild or English 
masterwort. 
herb-grace (erb'gras'), See herb-of-grace. 
herbicarnivorous (her"bi-kar-niv'o-rus), a. [< 
L. herba, herbage, + caro (earn-), flesh, + 
vorare, eat.] Herbivorous and carnivorous; 
feeding on both vegetable and animal food. 
Herbicolse (her-bik'o-le), n. pi. [NL., < L. 
herba, grass, + colere, dwell.] In entom., a group 
of insects which live in grass or herbage, (a) A 
group of beetles. Latreille, 1807. (b) A group of flies. 
Desvoidy 1830. 
herbicoloUS (her-bik'o-lus), a. In mycology, 
growing on herbaceous plants. Berkeley, 1860. 
[Bare.] 
herbid (her'bid), a. [< L. herbidiis, full of grass 
or herbs, grassy, < herba, grass, herb : see herb.] 
Covered with herbs. [Rare.] 
herbiferoUS (her-bif'e-rus), a. [= P. herbifere 
= Sp. herbifero, < Ij"herbifer, producing grass 
or herbs, < herba, grass, herb, + ferre = E. 
bear 2 ."} Bearing herbs. 
herbist (her'bist), n. [< OF. herbiste; as herb 
+ -ist.~] One skilled in herbs ; a herbalist. Cot- 
grave. 
herb-ive, n. See 'herb-ivy. 
Herbivora (her-biv'o-ra), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of herbivorus : see herbivorous.'] 1. A group of 
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animals, especially mammals, which feed on 
herbage. The term has no specific implication, but is 
a common collective name of hoofed quadrupeds. 
2. A division of Marsupialia; the herbivorous 
marsupials, as the kangaroos. Also called Poe- 
phaga. 
herbivore (her'bi-vor), n. A herbivorous ani- 
mal ; one of the Herbivora. 
herbivorous (her-biv'o-rus), a. [= F. herbi- 
vore = Sp. herbivoro = Pg. herbivoro = It. erbi- 
voro, < NL. herbivorus, < L. herba, grass, herb, 
-I- vorare, eat.] Eating herbs ; feeding on vege- 
tables: distinguished fiom carnivorous, insectiv- 
orous, etc. Herbivorous cetaceans, the sirenians, 
as the manatee, dugong, and halicore. Herbivorous 
marsupials, the kangaroos and their allies. 
herb-ivy (erb'I'vi), n. [Formerly also herb 
(herbe, hearb, hearbe) ivie, also herb-ive, herb-eve; 
< herb + ivy 2 . See ivy 2 .'] An umbelliferous 
plant of the genus Ajuga (A. Iva or A. Chamos- 
pitys), otherwise known as ground-pine, field- 
cypress, and gout-ivy. The name is also sometimes 
given to the hartshorn-plantain, Plantago Coronopu, or 
the swine's-cress, Senebiera Coronopus. 
herb-johnt (erb'jon'), n. Some tasteless pot- 
herb. Davies. 
Balm, with the destitution of God's blessing, doth as 
much good as a branch of herb-John in our pottage. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 376. 
herbless (erb'- or herb'les), a. [< herb + -less."] 
Destitute of herbs or herbage. 
Near some rugged herbless rock, 
Where no shepherd keeps his flock. 
J. Warton, Solitude. 
But far remov'd in thund'ring camp is found, 
His slumbers short his bed the herbless ground. 
Dryden, Abs. and Achit., ii. 1108. 
herblet (erb'- or herb'let), n. [Formerly also 
herbelet; < OF. herbelette, dim. of herbe, herb.] 
A little herb. 
You were as flowers, now wither'd ; even so 
These herblets shall, which we upon vou strow. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 
herb-lily (erb'liFi), n. A name given by flor- 
ists to species of the genus Alstrcemeria, tuber- 
ous-rooted amaryllidaceous greenhouse-plants 
of tropical America. A.psittacina is called par- 
rot-flower. 
herb-louisa (erb'lij-e'za), n. The lemon-ver- 
bena, Lippia citriodora, a shrub from Chili with 
lemon-scented leaves. 
herb-margaret (erb'mar'ga-ret), n. The Eng- 
lish daisy, Bellis perennis. Also called bruise- 
wort and marguerite. 
herb-of-grace, herb of grace (erb'ov-gras'), . 
[Formerly also herb-a-grace ; also by contrac- 
tion herb-grace; so called in allusion to its other 
name, rue (rue 2 ), associated with rue, repent 
(rite 1 ).] 1. The common rue, Buta graveolens. 
Also called herb-of-repentance, herb-repentance. 
Here, in this place, 
I'll set a bank of rue, soar herb of grace. 
Shak., Rich. II., Hi. 4. 
2. The hedge-hyssop, Gratiola officinalis. 3. 
The vervain, Verbena officinalis. 
herborisation, herborise, etc. See herboriza- 
tion, etc. 
herborist (her'bo-rist), n. [Formerly also her- 
barist; < F. herboriste (> It. erborista), < herbo- 
riser, herborize: see 'herborize.'] A herbalist. 
Of the Indian Plants diuers haue written, both in their 
generall Herballs, as Pena and Lobel, Gerard, with other 
Herbaristi. Punhas, Pilgrimage, p. 605. 
The first herbarist and apothecarie, renowned for the 
knowledge of simples and composition of medicines, was 
Cheron, son of Saturne and Phyllira. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, vii. 56. 
herborization (her"bo-ri-za'shon), n. [< F. 
herborisation (> Sp. herborizacion, Pg. herbori- 
zaq&o), < herboriser, herborize: see herborize."] 
1 . The act of seeking plants in the field ; bot- 
anizing. 2. The impression or figuration of 
plants in mineral substances. 
Also spelled herborisation. 
herborize (her'bo-riz), v. ; pret. and pp. herbo- 
rized, ppr. herborizing. [Formerly also herba- 
rise; < F. herboriser ( > Sp. Pg. herborizar), formed 
appar. in imitation of arboriser, arboriste (see 
arborize, arborist), < herbe, herb : see herb. ] I. 
intrans. To search for plants for botanical pur- 
poses; botanize. 
Little mattocks, pickaxes, grubbing hooks, cabbies, 
(beches) pruning knives, and other instruments requisite 
for herborising. Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, i. 23. 
The Apothecaries' Company very seldom miss coming to 
Hampstead every spring, and here have their herbarizing 
feast. Soame, Analysis of Hampstead Water (1734), p. 27. 
He herborized as he travelled, and enriched the Flora 
Suecica with new discoveries. Tooke. 
II. trans. To form the figures of plants in, 
as minerals. Also arborize. 
herbwoman 
Daubeuton has shown that herborized stones contain 
very flue mosses. Fourcroy (trans.). 
Also spelled herborise. 
herborizer (her'bo-ri-zer), . One who searches 
for plants for botanical purposes. Also spelled 
herboriser. 
herborought, herborowt, . and v. Same as 
harborough. 
herbose (her'bos), a. [< L. herbosus: see her- 
bous.~] Same as herbmis. 
Nor in December, if we reason close, 
Are fields poetically call'd herbose. 
Byrom, Critical Remarks on Horace, Odes, ii. 8. 
herbous (her'bus), a. [= F. herbeux = Pr. 
erbos = Sp. hcrboso = Pg. hervoso = It. erboso, 
< L. herbosus, full of herbs, grassy, < herba, herb: 
see herb."] Abounding with herbs. 
herb-paris (erb'par'is), n. A liliaceous herb, 
Paris quadrifolia, common in England and on 
the continent, related to Trillium, the wake- 
robin. It is the only species of the genus, and has sev- 
eral other names, such as herb-truelove, fox-grape, leop- 
ard's-bane, four-leafed grass, one-berry, etc. The roots 
and berries are considered poisonous, though the latter 
have been used for inflammation of the eyes. The leaves 
and stems were also formerly used in medicine. Also 
called herb of Paris. 
herb-peter (erb'pe'ter), . The common Eu- 
ropean cowslip or primrose, Primula veris : said 
to be so called from its resemblance to St. 
Peter's badge, a bunch of keys. 
herb-repentance (erb're-pen'tans), n. Same 
as herb-of-grace, 1. 
herb-robert (erb'rob'ert), w. [< ME. herbe 
robert, < OF. herbe Robert, < ML. herba Boberti, 
Robert's herb.] An abundant species of gera- 
nium. Geranium Robertianmn, of both Europe 
and America : said to be so called because it 
Herb-robert (Geranium Robertianum). a, fruit. 
was used to cure a disease known as Robert's 
plague, from Robert, Duke of Normandy, its 
reddish stems have given it the names redshanks and drag- 
on's-blood, while a certain unpleasant odor has earned for 
it the name of stinking crane's-bill. In West Cumberland, 
England, there is a superstition that if it is plucked mis- 
fortune will follow, and it is there called death-come- 
quickly. 
herb-Sophia (erb'so-fi'a), n. The fine-leafed 
hedge-mustard, flixwee'd, or fluxweed, Sisym- 
brium Sophia. 
herb-trinity (erb'trin'i-ti), i. 1. The pansy, 
Viola tricolor: so callediu reference to the three 
colors in one flower. 2. The liverleaf , Anemone 
Sepatica : so called in reference to the three 
leaves or lobes in one leaf. See cut under He- 
patica. 
herb-truelove (erb'tro'luv), . Same as herb- 
paris. 
herb-twopence (erb'to'pens), n. The money- 
wort, Lysimachia nummularia : so called in ref- 
erence to the paired coin-shaped leaves. 
herbulentt (her'bu-lent), a. [< L. herba, herb, 
+ E. -ulent as in opulent, corpulent, etc. Ct'. 
L. herbula, dim. of herba."] Same as herbous. 
Bailey. 
herb-William (erb'wil'yam), . An aromatic 
umbelliferous plant, Ammi majus, common in 
central and southern Europe, growing in sandy 
places. The particular origin of the name is nnknown ; 
it occurs in Turner's " Botanologia " (1664X p. 46. Also 
called bullwort tod bishop' s-weed. 
herbwoman (erb'wum // an), n. ; pi. herbwomen 
(-wim'en). A woman who sells herbs. 
Your herb-teaman; she that sets seeds and roots. 
Shak., Pericles, IT. 6. 
