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)
- 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
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
| plural | herbcrafts |
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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
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