noun
- a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- herb doctor.
- an author of an herbal.
- (formerly) a botanist.
noun
- a person who grows, collects, sells, or specializes in the use of herbs, esp medicinal herbs
- (formerly) a descriptive botanist
1590s; see herbal + -ist. Earlier such a person might have been called herber (early 13c. as a surname).
n.
- One who grows, collects, or specializes in the use of herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- herb doctor