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herbal

/ˈɝbəl/

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What does herbal mean?

adjective

  1. Made from or with herbs.
  2. Made from natural herbs specifically as opposed to from synthetic materials.

noun

  1. A manual of herbs and their medical uses.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. An herbal supplement.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɝbəl/

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The blacks have many herbal medicines, infusions of various barks, which they drink or wash themselves with, as the case may be.
K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) ParkerThe Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in AustraliaProject Gutenberg ebook #3819
The bird's botany would be worth examining; it would be interesting to draw up the industrial herbal of each species.
Jean-Henri FabreBramble-Bees and OthersTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3421
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It was so little known before our expedition to the Silla, that it was scarcely to be found in any herbal in Europe.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
The plain itself is pale grayish green, one vast expanse of reindeer-moss, but warmed at spots into orange by great beds of polytrichum, and, in sunnier nooks, deepened to a herbal green.
Ernest Thompson SetonAnimal HeroesProject Gutenberg ebook #2284