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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.

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

  • noun One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.
  • noun (Bot.) Vervain.

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

  • adjective comparative form of simple: more simple Less complicated or challenging.
  • noun archaic One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).

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