HERB

herb

(noun) aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

herb, herbaceous plant

(noun) a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Herb

A diminutive of the male given name Herbert

Anagrams

• Behr, Hebr., breh, hreb

Etymology

Noun

herb (countable and uncountable, plural herbs)

(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.

(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

(uncountable, slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.

(countable, botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season

(uncountable, obsolete) Grass; herbage.

Synonyms

• (marijuana): grass, weed

Hyponyms

• See also seasoning

Anagrams

• Behr, Hebr., breh, hreb

Source: Wiktionary

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Herb, n. Etym: [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.]

1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.

2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. Milton. Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet.

– Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Actæa spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc.

– Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior.

– Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue.

– Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite.

– Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous.

– Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium (G. Robertianum.)

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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