An Easy-to-Understand
Herbal Dictionary!

An Herbal Dictionary written in layman's language is what you need to understand the definitions of herbal terms.

You are too busy to do a word chase. You want to understand the meaning of your herbal terms immediately, without any botanical trade jargon to wade through!

We offer you 3 Herbal Dictionaries
that DO Just That!

• Herb Dictionary: Defines the terms that describe an herb's
  • active ingredients
  • nutrients
  • therapeutic properties
  • actions on the body
  • specific conditions and symptoms it targets
• Herbal Preparations Dictionary: Defines all the preparations you can make with your herbs. Such as:
  • tinctures
  • salves
  • infusions
  • poultices
  • and many more...
• Botanical Herb Dictionary: Defines all those technical terms used to describe the physical appearance of an herb, so you can positively identify it.
  • know the difference between a simple and compound leaf
  • understand what is meant by alternate and opposite leaf arrangements
  • distinguish between a petiolute and the stem of an herb
  • and so on...

How to Use Our Herbal Dictionaries

1. Click on the link to your Dictionary of choice.
2. Across the top of the Dictionary Page you will find links to each letter of the alphabet. Choose the one you want.
3. You will be taken to the beginning of that letter's alphabetically arranged list. Scroll until you find your term!

Please Note: Throughout this site, words that might be unfamiliar to you have been made into live links. When you run your cursor over the word, a tool-tip will appear with a very brief definition. If you would like to learn more, click on the word. You will be taken to its fuller definition in one of our dictionaries!

If you can't find a term you are searching for, please contact me and let me know. If it is relevant to our herbal studies, I will search out the definition and let you know its meaning. Then I will add it to the appropriate dictionary!






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GO TO Therapeutic Herb Dictionary
GO TO Herbal Preparations Dictionary
GO TO Botanical Herb Dictionary