Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who grows, collects, or specializes in the use of herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is skilled in the knowledge of plants, or makes collections of them.
  • noun A dealer in medicinal plants, or one who treats disease with botanical remedies only.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a therapist who heals by the use of herbs

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Examples

  • ‘Not altogether,’ said the old man; ‘besides being a viper-hunter, I am what they call a herbalist, one who knows the virtue of particular herbs; I gather them at the proper season, to make medicines with for the sick.’

    Lavengro 2004

  • "Not altogether," said the old man; "besides being a viper-hunter, I am what they call a herbalist, one who knows the virtue of particular herbs; I gather them at the proper season, to make medicines with for the sick."

    Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842

  • 'Not altogether,' said the old man; 'besides being a viper-hunter, I am what they call a herbalist, one who knows the virtue of particular herbs; I gather them at the proper season, to make medicines with for the sick.'

    Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842

  • "Not altogether," said the old man; "besides being a viper-hunter, I am what they call a herbalist, one who knows the virtue of particular herbs; I gather them at the proper season, to make medicines with for the sick."

    Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842

  • "Not altogether," said the old man; "besides being a viper-hunter, I am what they call a herbalist, one who knows the virtue of particular herbs; I gather them at the proper season, to make medicines with for the sick."

    Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842

  • TreeHugger contributor Sami Grover has suggested that equipment developed for a “certain herbalist demographic” is very effective at growing food without soil, often indoors under artificial light.

    Lloyd Alter | Inhabitat 2010

  • The Cress of the herbalist is a noun of multitude: it comprises several sorts, differing in kind but possessing the common properties of wholesomeness and pungency.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Powdered cayenne, known as the herbalist’s first aid herb, can be used externally for bleeding cuts or internally for sinus headaches, asthma attacks, to stop nosebleeds, or to revive your child from a fainting spell.

    Gentle Healing for Baby and Child Andrea Candee 2000

  • This technique, developed by naprapathic physician and herbalist Dr. Rosita Arvigo and based on traditional healing methods of Maya medicine, addresses pelvic flow and organ alignment through abdominal and sacral massage, for both women and men.

    Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011

  • Good on you for listening to a real doctor and getting the vaccine instead of having a shaman herbalist chant for health instead.

    H1N1 Tyler 2009

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