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noun

Herbal n.

A book containing the names and descriptions of plants.

A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium.

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Etymology of 'Herbal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Herbal" Quotes from Famous Books

... in our mill) is better than no bread, She weeps, poor thing, that an impartial heaven Bestows on her so small a crumb of bliss As me! You'd scarce believe, now, half the nostrums, Possets and strangely nasty herbal juices That girl has made me gulp, in the vain hope That I, the frog, should swell to an ox like thee. I tell her it's all in vain, and she still cheats Her fancy and swears I've grown well nigh three feet Already. O Lord, she's desperate. She'll ...

— Collected Poems - Volume Two (of 2) • Alfred Noyes

... physician to him. The doctor told Guy his disease was dangerous, and without letting blood there was no remedy. Guy replied, "I know my body is distempered; but you want skill to cure the inward inflammation of my heart: Galen's Herbal cannot quote the flower I like for my remedy. There is a flower which if I might but touch would heal me. It is called by a pretty pleasing name, and I think Phaelix soundeth something like it." "I know it not," replied the doctor, "nor is there in the Herbal any flower ...

— Traditional Nursery Songs of England - With Pictures by Eminent Modern Artists • Various

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