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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

“And then Tobacciana, it’s an antique mall vibe, even though it will actually present as very fab. Rosa Milagrosa is a Jane’s Addiction botanica kind of vibe.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021

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

Incense was burning all around the botanica and the shelves were crowded with teas and potions and smaller saints.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

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