Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A herbalist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A herbalist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
herbalist .
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Examples
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Modern superstition is woven into the beautiful scene, where Hadda Padda, with heroically mastered despair, meets the herborist who talks of her plants in a calm poetic manner, reminiscent of the way Ophelia speaks of the flowers she has picked and collected.
Hadda Pada 1888-1945 Gu��mundur Kamban 1916
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"I beg to present to you," said M. Lecoq, "M.ster Robelot, bone-setter of Orcival, herborist by prudence, and poisoner by vocation."
Crime d'Orcival. English ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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