herborize

especially British, her·bo·rise

[hur-buh-rahyz, ur-]

verb (used without object)

herborized, herborizing 

1. botanize.

Word History and Origins

Origin of herborize¹

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

Example Sentences

The professor obtained license to herborize on the top.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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