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herbals

herbals is the plural of herbal.

Meaning of herbal

Noun

herbal (plural herbals)

  1. 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
  2. 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

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Questions about herbals

What is herbals the plural of?
Herbals is the plural of herbal.

Words near herbals in the dictionary

  1. herbalizes
  2. herbalizing
  3. herball
  4. herballs
  5. herbally
  6. herbals
  7. herbar
  8. herbaria
  9. herbarial
  10. herbarian
  11. herbarians

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