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
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
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