The Collaborative International Dictionary
Herborize
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.
He herborized as he traveled.
--W. Tooke.
Herborize
Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.
Herborized stones contain fine mosses.
--Fourcroy
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Wiktionary
herborize
vb. (context botany English) to seek and classify new or previously known plant species
Usage examples of "herborize".
You might as well have set to herborize the little olive branch that Noah's dove brought home.