herborize

American

[hur-buh-rahyz, ur-] / ˈhɜr bəˌraɪz, ˈɜr- /

especially British, herborise

verb (used without object)

herborized, herborizing

botanize.

Etymology

Origin of herborize

1655–65; < French herboriser, equivalent to herbor ( iste ) herborist + -iser -ize

Example Sentences

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We went to herborize in the evening in the direction of the fort of Passo Alto, along the basaltic rocks that close the promontory of Naga.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

The professor obtained license to herborize on the top.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

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