Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A shop that sells herbs, charms, and other religious or spiritual items, especially those associated with Santeria.
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- noun A
shop thatdeals inherbs andcharms used especially by followers of Santeria.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And his least favorite possibility: 3. Every single word Gabrielle had told him in the botanica courtyard had been the absolute truth.
Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010
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So far, I've seen two botanica voodoo shops in Alexandria and Arlington.
Archive 2009-07-01 Dymphna 2009
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Pilsen has its charms and all (I have an excellent curandera whose botanica is on Cermak Road), but I've never lived there, gone to school there or spent much time there, like the overwhelming majority of the approximately 800,000 Chicago Latinos who call the city limits home, or the other million or so Chicago metro region Hispanics!
Esther J. Cepeda: Dispelling the Hispanic Chicago Pilsen Myth: We're - GASP! - Everywhere 2009
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So far, I've seen two botanica voodoo shops in Alexandria and Arlington.
Some times I wonder Dymphna 2009
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What if the Dart actually landed closer to the bland dry cleaners store on the corner than the musty botanica half a block away that sold folk medicine, amulets, and tall candles enclosed in scarlet glass?
Camp Wonder 2009
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Ann Nathan has a group show of nature, flora and botanica in the works of Amy Lowry, Deborah Ebbers and Christina Haglid.
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FIRST published in Italy as La botanica parallela, this illustrated "non-fact" work is presented as popular science.
parallel botany jlundberg 2008
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In urban centers in the United States with large Hispanic communities, the neighborhood botanica or herb shop often does a brisker business than the local pharmacy.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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In urban centers in the United States with large Hispanic communities, the neighborhood botanica or herb shop often does a brisker business than the local pharmacy.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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"" The competition is getting heavy, '' says Alfredito, who runs a botanica in Union City, N.J. A dozen Web sites spread the word worldwide.
Cuba's Real Religion 2008
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