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单词 herbal
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herbaln.

/ˈhəːbəl/
Etymology: perhaps representing a medieval or early modern Latin *herbāle or *herbālis (sc. liber ), < herbālis adjective (see herbal adj.); compare medieval Latin nominale name-book, manuale hand-book, also diurnal, missal, ordinal, ritual, etc., as names of books.
1. A book containing the names and descriptions of herbs, or of plants in general, with their properties and virtues; a treatise on plants. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > book or treatise on plants
herbal1526
botany1774
1526 (title) The grete herball.
1551 Turner (title) A new Herball; wherin are conteyned the names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englysh, Duch, Frenche, and in the Potecaries and Herbaries Latin.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball Ded. Hauing newly translated into English this Herball or Historie of Plantes.
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. F3 Two kinds of Sage, not named in our Herbals.
1628 in S. Young Ann. Barber-surgeons London (1890) 540 To George Peren, Barber-Surgeon, my yearball knowne by the name of Gerard's yearball.
1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 211 Herbarium Mauritianum.—‘The Mauritian Herbal’: by P. R. Willemet..The herbal before us is the fruit of a journey to India.
1862 W. A. Wright in F. Bacon Ess. p. xxiii Consulting the old herbals of Lyte, Gerarde, and Parkinson.
2.
a. A collection of herbs or plants; esp. a collection of botanical specimens; = herbarium n.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > practical > a collection of specimens
herbal1580
herbary1591
herbarium1776
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn Herbier, an Herball.
1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 33 in Jewell House He may..lay it being drie in his herball.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 5 Nov. (1972) VI. 289 Leaves..of several plants, kept dry, which preserve Colour however, and look very finely, better than any herball.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 455. ⁋2 To collect in voluminous Herbals all the several Leaves of some one Tree.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems (1857) 171 Who saw what ferns and palms were pressed..In the safe herbal of the coal?
b. (See quot. 1606) nonce-use.
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1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher ii. sig. C4 These verdant herbals cleeped Broome, Do pierce and enter euerie Ladies roome.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

herbaladj.

/ˈhəːbəl/
Etymology: < Latin herbālis (in medieval Latin): compare obsolete French herbal (opposed to mineral) Godefroy.
1. Belonging to, consisting of, or made from herbs.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective]
herby1552
herbish1562
herbal1612
herbaceous1646
herbous1712
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > [adjective] > made from herbs
herbal1612
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of herbs
herbal1612
1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. iv. 273 Calling of me to that herball dinner and leane repast.
1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iv. 267 All the herbal fragrance of the Field.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 4 Sept. 5/1 A specific herbal remedy for the treatment of this disease.
2. Of the nature of a herb, herbaceous. Obsolete.
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a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 28 The least of herbal Plants, which arise unto such a proportion.

Draft additions April 2002

herbal body wrap n. a type of beauty treatment in which sheets of cloth soaked in a herbal solution are wrapped around the body, variously claimed to cleanse and condition the skin, to aid relaxation, and to effect a (temporary) reduction in body measurements; cf. body wrap n. at body n. Compounds 2.
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1985 Chicago Tribune 13 Jan. (Travel section) 9/1 After a massage..comes an ointment-laden facial.., then herbal body wraps ‘to extract the toxins’.
1997 Nexus (Boulder, Colorado) Mar. 7 (advt.) Herbal body wraps are an ancient cleansing process for removing toxins, shrinking fat cells, releasing stress as well as rejuvenating..the body.

Draft additions April 2002

herbal wrap n. = herbal body wrap n. at Additions.
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1963 Los Angeles Times 8 Sept. e4/2 ‘I can't go for the hike, Doc. Banged my toe in water polo,’ begged off the city father heading for the herbal wrap pavilion.
1980 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 2 July Rancho La Puerta offers nine gyms, three swimming pools.., as well as facials, massages and herbal wraps.
1999 N.Y. Mag. 20 Sept. 9 a/2 (advt.) Treat yourself to: hydrotherapy in a tub that uses 72 underwater jets, a deep-tissue sports massage, an herbal wrap, or aromatherapy facial.

Draft additions June 2007

ˈherbally adv.
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1930 Life 11 Apr. 38/1 (advt.) Tangy tart, herbally agreeable—the sunny Riviera's cocktail taste.
2002 T. R. Van Devender & D. Yetman Mayo Ethnobotany vii. 232 It [sc. bugambilia] has become ubiquitously cultivated in the region and widely used herbally.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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