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herbcraft

UK/ˈhɜːbˌkɹɑːft/US/ˈ(h)ɝbˌkɹæft/

herbcraft noun: the practice, art, or skill of using herbs, especially for medicinal or magical purposes.

Noun

herbcraft (usually uncountable, plural herbcrafts)

  1. (usually) The practice, art, or skill of using herbs, especially for medicinal or magical purposes.
    • Near-synonyms: herbalism, herblore
    • (1.) Botany, superseding the ancient Herbcraft, is the name now given to the science which relates to all those inferior ranks of the organic creation called plants, or vegetables.1835, Gilbert T[homas] Burnett, “Introduction”, in Outlines of Botany, […], London: Henry Renshaw, page 15
    Synonyms:
    herbalism, herblore

Examples of herbcraft in a sentence

  • The first stage was simple, for one with knowledge of herbcraft, but had to be done with meticulous care.1982 February, Jayge Carr, “Reunion”, in Susan M. Schwartz, editor, Hecate's Cauldron, United States: DAW Books, →ISBN, page 227:
  • And then once when you were about sixteen, you were very ill of a fever, and I cured you — just with herbcraft, though, not dweomer.’1990, Katherine Karr, Dragonspell: The Southern Sea, Grafton Books, →ISBN, page 301:

Synonyms of herbcraft

Forms of herbcraft

pluralherbcrafts

Origin of herbcraft

From herb + -craft.

Questions about herbcraft

What does herbcraft mean?
Herbcraft means the practice, art, or skill of using herbs, especially for medicinal or magical purposes.
How do you use herbcraft in a sentence?
The first stage was simple, for one with knowledge of herbcraft, but had to be done with meticulous care.
What part of speech is herbcraft?
Herbcraft is a noun.
How do you pronounce herbcraft?
Herbcraft is pronounced /ˈhɜːbˌkɹɑːft/ (UK).
What is the plural of herbcraft?
The plural of herbcraft is herbcrafts.

Words near herbcraft in the dictionary

  1. Herbartian
  2. Herbartianism
  3. Herbartians
  4. Herbartism
  5. herbary
  6. herbcraft
  7. herbcrafts
  8. herbed
  9. herbed up
  10. herbeds
  11. herbelade

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