Herborize

v. i. [imp. & p. p. HERBORIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. HERBORIZING.] [Fr. herboriser, for herboriser, from Lat. herbarum, q. v.] To search for plants, or to seek new species of plants, with a view to ascertain their characters, and to class them.

He herborized as he traveled, and enriched the Flora Suecica with new discoveries. Tooke.

v. t. To form the figures of plants in; — said in reference to minerals. See ARBORIZE.

Daubenton has shown that herborized stones contain very fine mosses. Fourcroy, Trans.