herbalist

(hér’bal-ist), n. [ One who is skilled in the knowledge of plants, or makes collections of them. He was a curious florist, an accurate herbalist, throughly vers’d in the book of nature. J. Mede, Works, Author’s Life, 2. A dealer in medicinal plants, or one who treats disease with botanical remedies only. [Rare.] herbart,. [Appar. a var. of herber, an early form of arbor2, used by Spenser as equiv. to herb. Cf. OF. herb or, erbor, erbour, gra , herbage,