herbal

American  

[ur-buhl, hur-] / ˈɜr bəl, ˈhɜr- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or consisting of herbs.

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noun

1. a book about herbs or plants, usually describing their medicinal values.

2. a herbarium.

herbal British  

/ ˈhɜːbəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to herbs, usually culinary or medicinal herbs

2. informal interested or participating in activities relating to esoteric philosophies, traditional remedies, etc

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noun

1. a book describing and listing the properties of plants

Etymology

Origin of herbal

First recorded in 1510–20, herbal is from the Medieval Latin word herbālis of, belonging to grass or herbs. See herb, -al ¹

Example Sentences

Turned out some of those herbal teas were actually good for nausea.

From Literature

For me, that’s a pitcher of iced herbal tea with lemon.

From Salon

These days, she starts her mornings with warm herbal tea.

From The Wall Street Journal

On TikTok, the "Becoming Chinese" trend has seen overseas users brewing herbal infusions, drinking hot water or practising traditional physical exercises, garnering hundreds of thousands of likes.

From Barron's

The researchers examined a wide range of sources, including laboratory experiments, clinical observations, and historical herbal writings.

From Science Daily