In or relating to the apothecaries' system of measures.

plural of apothecary

(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.

Characteristic of an apothecary

(history) A particular system of measuring mass and volume.

(idiomatic, obsolete) barbarous Latin; badly-spoken Latin.

A plant of an ancient cultivated variety of gallica rose, Rosa gallica var. officinalis / The flower of such a plant

plural of apothecary rose

(intransitive, idiomatic, obsolete, slang) To prattle.