Part 804

Herb"er (?), n. [OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See Herbarium.] A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] "Into an herber green." Chaucer.

Her"berg*age (?), n. [See Harborage.] Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Her"ber*geour (?), n. [See Harbinger.] A harbinger. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Her"bergh (?), Her"ber*we (&?;), n. [See Harbor.] A harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Her*bes"cent (?), a. [L. herbescens, p. pr. of herbescere.] Growing into herbs.

Herb"id (?), a. [L. herbidus.] Covered with herbs. [Obs.] Bailey.

Her*bif"er*ous (?), a. [Herb + -ferous: cf. F. herbifÈre.] Bearing herbs or vegetation.

Herb"ist (?), n. A herbalist.

||Her*biv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.] ||(Zoˆl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the ||Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by ||later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups ||(Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.

Her"bi*vore (?), n. [Cf. F. herbivore.] (Zoˆl.) One of the Herbivora. P. H. Gosse.

Her*biv"o*rous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.

Herb"less (?), a. Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton.

Herb"let (?), n. A small herb. Shak.

Her"bo*rist (?), n. [F. herboriste.] A herbalist. Ray.

Her`bo*ri*za"tion (?), n. [F. herborisation.] 1. The act of herborizing.

2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

Her"bo*rize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Herborized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Herborizing (?).] [F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See Hebrarium.] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.

He herborized as he traveled.

W. Tooke.

Her"bo*rize, v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.

Herborized stones contain fine mosses.

Fourcroy (Trans.)

Her"bor*ough (?), n. [See Harborough, and Harbor.] A harbor. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

{ Her*bose" (?), Herb"ous (?), } a. [L. herbosus: cf. F. herbeux.] Abounding with herbs. "Fields poetically called herbose." Byrom.

Herb"-wom`an (?), n.; pl. Herb-women (&?;). A woman that sells herbs.

Herb"y (?), a. Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." Chapman.

Her*cog"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?; a fence + &?; marriage.] (Bot.) Not capable of self- fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

Her*cu"le*an (?), a. [L. herculeus, fr. Hercules: cf. F. herculÈen. See Hercules.]