Meaning & use
Herborist
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One who collects, studies, or deals in herbs and medicinal plants; an archaic term for an herbalist.
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The old herborist knew every medicinal plant in the forest.
Herborists once traveled the countryside gathering rare botanical specimens.
A note on using this word
An archaic variant of 'herbalist', related to the verb 'herborize', meaning to search for plants.
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herbalistbotanist
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