herbal
/ˈhɜːbəl//ˈɝbəl/
herbal adjective: made from or with herbs.
Adjective
herbal (not comparable)
- Made from or with herbs.
- Herbal tea has a nice aroma and is good for a stuffy head.
- Made from natural herbs specifically as opposed to from synthetic materials.
- a herbal remedy for back-ache
- Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134
Noun
herbal (plural herbals)
- A manual of herbs and their medical uses.
- The oldest printed herbal in English consequently is Banckes' Herball publishedby Richard Banckes in 1525 (as Bartholomaeus Anglicus' work was not strictly a herbal).1978, Keith Vincent Smith, The Illustrated Earth Garden Herbal, Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia, page 24, column 2
- It can still be found in herbals and such, which describe it as a sedative and cough suppressant.2005 January 7, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader
- An herbal supplement.
- I took a ride to the shopping strip at Belmont and Central and stocked up on herbals at three Polish New Age health stores.2003 March 7, Jeffrey Felshman, “The Killer Inside Me”, in Chicago Reader
herbal meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
herbal in Tamil
- மூலிகை நூல், மூலிகை கொண்ட
herbal in Marathi
- वनौषधी
herbal in Bengali
- লতাপাতার ভেষজ গুণসংক্রান্ত
herbal in Telugu
- made from or with herbs
- మూలికా mūlikā
More languagesFewer languages
- herbal in Kannada
- ಗಿಡಮೂಲಿಕೆ
- herbal in Gujarati
- હર્બલ
- herbal in Nepali
- हर्बल
- herbal in Indonesian
- herbal
Examples of herbal in a sentence
- She applied a soothing herbal ointment to her dry skin.
- She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.
- The herbal treatment served as an incruental alternative to surgery.
Forms of herbal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | herball |
| Noun | |
| plural | herbals |
Origin of herbal
Borrowed from Old French herbal. By surface analysis, herb + -al
Words formed from herbal
- ethnoherbal
- herbal body wrap
- herbal drink
- herbal high
- herbalism
- herbalist
- herbalistic
- herbalize
- herbally
- herbal medicine
- herbal supplement
- herbal tea
- herbal wrap
- monoherbal
- multiherbal
- nonherbal
- polyherbal
Phrases with herbal
Words that rhyme with herbal
Questions about herbal
- What does herbal mean?
- Herbal means made from or with herbs.
- What is herbal in Tamil?
- Herbal in Tamil is மூலிகை நூல், மூலிகை கொண்ட. See Herbal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is herbal?
- Herbal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce herbal?
- Herbal is pronounced /ˈhɜːbəl/ (UK).
Words near herbal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: herbal (page history and authors); herbal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); herbal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); herbal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); herbal (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); herbal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); herbal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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