herborize
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of herborize
1655–65; < French herboriser, equivalent to herbor ( iste ) herborist + -iser -ize
Example Sentences
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The professor obtained license to herborize on the top.
From Project Gutenberg
Here Jean Jacques Rousseau delighted to herborize, and here the celebrated botanist Mathonnet, originally a customs officer, born at the haggard village of Villard d'Arene, which we have just passed, cultivated his taste for natural history, and laid the foundations of his European reputation.
From Project Gutenberg
The zambos of the Rio Sinu wearied us with idle questions respecting the purpose of our voyage, our books, and the use of our instruments: they regarded us with mistrust; and to escape from their importunate curiosity we went to herborize in the forest, although it rained.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
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