herborize

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herborize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. t.
     To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to
     minerals. See Arborized.
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           Herborized stones contain fine mosses.   --Fourcroy
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  Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herborized; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Herborizing.] [F. herboriser, for herbariser,
     fr. L. herbarium. See Hebrarium.]
     To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view
     to classifying them.
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           He herborized as he traveled.            --W. Tooke.
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