noun
- the study of herbs, their properties, cultivation, and medicinal or culinary uses
Usage: also called herbalism in some contexts; commonly used in alternative medicine and botanical studies
Examples
- She enrolled in a herbology course to learn about traditional plant remedies.
- The herbology section of the library contained hundreds of books on medicinal plants.
- His interest in herbology led him to start growing his own herb garden.
- Herbology has been practiced for thousands of years across many cultures.
- The professor's herbology research focused on the healing properties of native plants.