herbalist
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- noun
- /ˈhɜrbəlɪst/
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herbolario
- The herbalist prepared a special mixture using herbs to help relieve my symptoms.
- herbalist and healer
- Traditional herbalists
First sign of a cold and I'm suddenly becoming like a backyard herbalist.
- First sign of a cold and I'm suddenly becoming like a backyard herbalist.
- In ancient times, herbalists would gather medicinal plants from dense undergrowth and bushes.
- They didn't even told tell me that I had pneumonia because my Chinese Doctor Who I was who I had prescribed his she's a herbalist.
Examples
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As doctors and herbalists have long known, what is toxic in one context may be curative in another.
Academic text (2002) -
The author of the story is personally involved with a traditional healer and herbalist.
Academic text (1996) -
We'll go see the herbalist tomorrow.
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My herbalist gave them to me.
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We learned it from the herbalist.
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- You've got an herbalist?
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Every month he has at least two doctor's appointments, along with visits to an herbalist and an acupuncturist.
Fiction book (1992) -
We stayed at the home of Mr. Ngobe, a herbalist of high renown, a man whom I have known for some years.
Academic text (1996) -
Many herbalist medicines are dried and prepared either steeped or cooked slowly.
Academic text (1999) -
In the mid-1600s, for example, the herbalist Nicholas Culpeper recommended foxglove for treating epilepsy.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
A person who uses plant medicines to treat illnesses
A woman who gathers, uses, or sells plants to make medicines
How Qualified
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Herbalist comes from the word herb, meaning 'plant used for medicine or cooking', plus the ending -ist that means 'a person who does something'. So a herbalist is a person who uses plants to heal and make remedies.