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botanica

American  
[buh-tan-i-kuh] / bəˈtæn ɪ kə /

noun

  1. a shop specializing in herbs, spiritual items, etc.


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This Hawthorne-based small-batch apothecary and botanica creates healing tinctures, candles and oils handmade with locally grown herbs.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2021

He leased space to a laundromat and a botanica, and in the back, created a youth center.

From New York Times Dec. 7, 2020

Conjurers of all kinds would hang out near Astor Place at Weiser Antiquarian, the oldest occult bookstore in America, and they shopped for ingredients for spells at Alberto Rendon’s botanica on 116th Street.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2017

A customer stops by a botanica seeking the repair of the severed arm of a baby Jesus figurine.

From New York Times Oct. 30, 2015

When we reached the botanica on 116th between Park and Madison, San Lazaro y las Siete Vueltas, Sapo parked his car and asked me and Nene to carry the box.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

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