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Meaning of HERBORIZE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Her"bo*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herborized}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Herborizing}.] [F. herboriser, for herbariser,
    fr. L. herbarium. See {Hebrarium}.]
    To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view
    to classifying them.
          He herborized as he traveled.            --W. Tooke.
    
  2. \Her"bo*rize\, v. t.
    To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to
    minerals. See {Arborized}.
          Herborized stones contain fine mosses.   --Fourcroy
                                                   (Trans.)
    
 
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