herborize

English

Alternative forms

• herbarize, herborise, herbarise

Etymology

From French herboriser.

Verb

herborize (third-person singular simple present herborizes, present participle herborizing, simple past and past participle herborized)

1. (intransitive, botany) To seek and classify new or previously known plant species.
2. (transitive) To form plant-like figures in (minerals, etc.).

Derived terms

• herborizer

Related terms

• herborization

Translations

to seek and classify plant species

Catalan: herboritzar (ca) French: herboriser (fr) Spanish: herbolar (es)

Portuguese

Verb

herborize

1. inflection of herborizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative