herbarism

noun

her·​ba·​rism

-bəˌrizəm

plural -s

archaic

: botany

Word History

Etymology

Latin herbaria botany (from herba grass, herb + -aria -ary) + English -ism

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

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