Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To search for plants for botanical purposes; botanize.
- To form the figures of plants in, as minerals. Also
arborize . - Also spelled
herborise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See
arborized . - intransitive verb To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb botany to
seek andclassify new or previously known plant species
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Examples
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Here Jean Jacques Rousseau delighted to herborize, and here the celebrated botanist Mathonnet, originally a customs officer, born at the haggard village of Villard d'Arene, which we have just passed, cultivated his taste for natural history, and laid the foundations of his European reputation.
The Huguenots in France Samuel Smiles 1858
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We went to herborize in the evening in the direction of the fort of
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The zambos of the Rio Sinu wearied us with idle questions respecting the purpose of our voyage, our books, and the use of our instruments: they regarded us with mistrust; and to escape from their importunate curiosity we went to herborize in the forest, although it rained.
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We went to herborize in the evening in the direction of the fort of
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Sinu wearied us with idle questions respecting the purpose of our voyage, our books, and the use of our instruments: they regarded us with mistrust; and to escape from their importunate curiosity we went to herborize in the forest, although it rained.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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