† herbalismn.
Obsolete. rare.
The science of herbs or plants; botany.
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1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 46 The old quarrel in Herbalism, Which is the least of Seeds.
1716 M. Davies Diss. Physick 46 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Those Pieces of Herbalism and Tillage, writ by Cato, Varro, Columella.
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The study or practice of herbal medicine.
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1853 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 143/1 Many an old wife or country-woman doth often more good, with a few known and common garden herbs, than our bumbast physicians... When will the faculty allow the halcyon days of herbalism to revive?
1916 W. Southport (title) Standard guide to non-poisonous herbal medicine..also an account of the legal position of herbalism in England.
1940 T. Deschauer (title) Deschauer's complete course in herbalism: describing the great curative properties of herbs with..directions for compounding all kinds of herb medicines.
1997 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. 16 June b3 While some people might consider aromatherapy and herbalism New Age medicine, the practice is as old as Cleopatra.
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