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H — Hepatic to Herbivora (Part 6 of 6)

Herbarize
(Herb"a*rize) v. t. See Herborize.

Herbary
(Herb"a*ry) n. [See Herbarium.] A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. T. Warton.

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

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

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

Herbergh
(Her"bergh Her"ber*we) n. [See Harbor.] A harbor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

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

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

Herbist
(Herb"ist) n. A herbalist.

Herbivora
(||Her*biv"o*ra) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) 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 They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.