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
Herb
A diminutive of the male given name Herbert
• Behr, Hebr., breh, hreb
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.
• (marijuana): grass, weed
• See also seasoning
• Behr, Hebr., breh, hreb
Source: Wiktionary
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
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
