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apothecary

[uh-poth-uh-ker-ee] / əˈpɒθ əˌkɛr i /
NOUN
pharmacist
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Instead of shelves of alcohol, apothecary drawers stocked with ingredients like goji berries and angelica root line the walls, permeating the room with their scent.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

Not necessarily a designer one, but a handbag with a strong sense of itself — an acid-green baguette bag, a wicker orb with a padlock, a cheetah-print apothecary satchel.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

A few minutes later, I walked up the street to an herbal apothecary that offers rose quartz crystals alongside dropper-bottle tinctures labeled “Happiness.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2024

Paleontologists first discovered Gigantopithecus in the mid-1930s in a Hong Kong apothecary where the ape’s unusually large molars were being hawked as “dragon teeth.”

From New York Times Jan. 10, 2024

I passed the gallery and came upon the tower stairs that led down to the apothecary.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

There are more than 50 Chinese herbal apothecaries in the Los Angeles area, according to Willie So, sales director of Chinatown-based Solstice Medicine, a leading distributor of traditional Chinese medicine products since 1979.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2024

Guests are encouraged to rummage about the infirmary, taxidermist’s place, padded room, libraries, apothecaries, laundry and even a detective agency.

From Seattle Times Nov. 8, 2023

My last trip to Lagos, Nigeria, where I grew up, was in January 2020, and the visits I took to market apothecaries with her have stayed with me.

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2022

Many, in an homage to ancient apothecaries, are decorated with ceramic urns once used for herbal remedies.

From Washington Post Dec. 31, 2021

She checked in on the pregnant women and gave advice to the midwives and healers and apothecaries.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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