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Definition of Herbals
1. herbal [n] - See also: herbal
Medical Definition of Herbals
1. Books on herbs or plants usually describing their medicinal value. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herbals
Literary usage of Herbals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1913)
"The herbals were the first botanical publications, usually written by and from the
... The first herbals, some with excellent illustrations, were printed in ..."
2. Gleanings in Old Garden Literature by William Carew Hazlitt (1892)
"HE most ancient printed herbals in our language are translations from the French
and Latin, and are not anterior to the time of Henry VIII. ..."
3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"Shells, fossils, and herbals. —10. Insects, worms, corals, and vegetables.—H.
Birds and quadrupeds, stuffed.—12. Quadrupeds, snakes, lizards ..."
4. London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"Shells, fossils, and herbals. —JO. Insects, worms, corals, and vegetables.—11.
Birds and quadrupeds, stuffed.—12. Quadrupeds, snakes, lizards, and fishes, ..."
5. The English Flower Garden, with Illustrative Notes by Henry Arthur Bright (1881)
"We have already quoted Harrison's description of his Elizabethan garden, but it
is of course in the old English herbals that we find the fullest account of ..."
6. The English Flower Garden, with Illustrative Notes by Henry Arthur Bright (1881)
"We have already quoted Harrison's description of his Elizabethan garden, but it
is of course in the old English herbals that we find the fullest account of ..."
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