herborize, herbarize

i. & t. [Fr. her. boriser, from Lat. herbarium.] A. In trans.: To seek for plants for scientific study; to botanize. B. Trans.: To form the figure or appearance of plants in, as in minerals; to arborize. *herb-õr-iz-er, s. [Eng. herboriz(e); -er.] One who seeks for plants for scientific study; one who botanizes. *her-bör-ough ( gh silent), s. [HARBOR, 8.] A lodging; a shelter; a place of retreat or safety. "The German lord, when he went out of New gate into the cart, took order to have his arms set up in his last her borough."-Ben Jonson: Discoveries. herb-ōse, herb-ous, a. [Lat. herbosus, from herbaan herb.] Full of or abounding with herbs. "Not in December, if we reason close, Are fields poetically called herbose." Byrom: Critical Remarks on Horace , bk. ii., ode 3. *herb-u-lent, a. [Lat. herbula , dim in. of herb a =an herb.] Containing herbs.