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Herbal   Listen
noun
Herbal  n.  
1.
A book containing the names and descriptions of plants.
2.
A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium.





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"Herbal" Quotes from Famous Books



... favourite flora, which hardly ever varies when the plant is easily accessible and which can be supplemented by plenty of others when it is not. The bird's botany would be worth examining; it would be interesting to draw up the industrial herbal of each species. In this connection, I will quote just one instance, so as not to stray too far from ...
— Bramble-bees and Others • J. Henri Fabre
... evening's sale, were numbered separately, a process which must have been very confusing, and one which was soon dropped. The first day's sale of 123 lots realized L47 7s. 1d., whilst the fifteen nights produced a total of L859 11s. 1d. One of the highest prices was paid for Mrs. Blackwell's 'Herbal,' 1740, 'finely coloured and best paper, in blue Turkey,' L14. The catalogue of this sale contained the interesting announcement: 'That the publick may be assured this is the genuine collection of Dr. Pellet, without addition or diminution, the original catalogue may be seen ...
— The Book-Hunter in London - Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting • William Roberts
... like to give that name to a doll. Suppose, Johnnie, we christen him Hortus Siccus. That's the Latin name for a herbal, and will help you to remember it when you form one of your own. Now take him and have a ...
— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge
... (1768), Instances of the Virtue of Petasite Root (1771), and Twenty Five New Plants (1773).[14] It is therefore not surprising that he should believe a specific herb to be the best remedy for a complicated medical condition. Nor is his reference to the Ancients as authority for the herbal pacification of an inflamed spleen surprising in the light of his researches: he was convinced that every illness could be cured by taking an appropriate herb or combination of herbs. Whereas a few nonmedical writers—such as John Wesley in Primitive Physick (1747)—had advocated the ...
— Hypochondriasis - A Practical Treatise (1766) • John Hill


Words linked to "Herbal" :   tea, herbal medicine, herb, herb tea


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