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† ˈherbalism Obs. rare.
[f. as next + -ism.]
The science of herbs or plants; botany.
1664Power Exp. Philos. 47 The old quarrel in Herbalism, which is the least of Seeds. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Orig. Physick 46 Those Pieces of Herbalism and Tillage, writ by Cato, Varro, Columella.
▸ The study or practice of herbal medicine.
1853Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 143/1 Many an old wife or country-woman doth often more good, with a few known and common garden herbs, than our bumbast physicians... When will the faculty allow the halcyon days of herbalism to revive? 1916W. Southport (title) Standard guide to non-poisonous herbal medicine..also an account of the legal position of herbalism in England. 1940T. Deschauer (title) Deschauer's complete course in herbalism: describing the great curative properties of herbs with..directions for compounding all kinds of herb medicines. 1997Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. 16 June b3 While some people might consider aromatherapy and herbalism New Age medicine, the practice is as old as Cleopatra. |