Webster's Dictionary 1828

919

HERALDIC

HER'ALDIC, adjective Pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as heraldic delineations.

920

HERALDRY

HER'ALDRY, noun The art or office of a herald. heraldry is the art, practice or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial. It also teaches whateve...

921

HERALDSHIP

HER'ALDSHIP, noun The office of a herald.

922

HERB

HERB, noun erb. [Latin herba.]1. A plant or vegetable with a soft or succulent stalk or stem, which dies to the root every year, and is thus distinguished from a tree and a shru...

923

HERB-CHRISTOPHER

HERB-CHRISTOPHER, noun A plant, of the genus Actaea.

924

HERB-ROBERT

HERB-ROBERT, noun A plant, a species of Geranium.

925

HERBACEOUS

HERBA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin herbaceus.] Pertaining to herbs. herbaceous plants are such as perish annually down to the root; soft, succulent vegetables. So, a herbaceous stem ...

926

HERBAGE

HERB'AGE, noun Herbs collectively; grass; pasture; green food for beasts.The influence of true religion is mild, soft and noiseless, and constant, as the descent of the evening ...

927

HERBAGED

HERB'AGED, adjective Covered with grass.

928

HERBAL

HERB'AL, noun A book that contains the names and descriptions of plants, or the classes, genera, species and qualities of vegetables.1. A hortus siccus, or dry garden; a collect...

929

HERBALIST

HERB'ALIST, noun A person skilled in plants; one who makes collections of plants.

930

HERBAR

HERB'AR, noun An herb.

931

HERBARIST

HERB'ARIST, noun A herbalist. [Little used.]

932

HERBARIUM

HERBA'RIUM, noun A collection of dried plants.

933

HERBARIZE

HERB'ARIZE. [See Herborize.]

934

HERBARY

HERB'ARY, noun A garden of plants.

935

HERBELET

HERB'ELET, noun A small herb.

936

HERBESCENT

HERBES'CENT, adjective [Latin herbescens.] Growing into herbs.

937

HERBID

HERB'ID, adjective [Latin herbidus.] Covered with herbs. [Little used.]

938

HERBIVOROUS

HERBIV'OROUS, adjective [Latin herba and voro, to eat.] Eating herbs; subsisting on herbaceous plants; feeding on vegetables. The ox and the horse are herbivorous animals.

939

HERBLESS

HERB'LESS, adjective Destitute of herbs.

940

HERBORIST

HERB'ORIST. [See Herbalist.]

941

HERBORIZATION

HERBORIZA'TION, noun [from herborize.]1. The act of seeking plants in the field; botanical research.2. The figure of plants in mineral substances. [See Arborization.]

942

HERBORIZE

HERB'ORIZE, verb intransitive To search for plants, or to seek new species of plants, with a view to ascertain their characters and to class them.He herborized as he traveled, a...

943

HERBORIZED

HERB'ORIZED, participle passive Figured; containing the figure of a plant; as a mineral body.Daubenton has shown that herborized stones contain very fine mosses.

944

HERBORIZING

HERB'ORIZING, participle present tense Searching for plants.1. Forming the figures of plants in minerals.

945

HERBOUS

HERB'OUS, adjective [Latin herbosus.] Abounding with herbs.