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YERBA
Etymology
Noun
yerba (usually uncountable, plural yerbas)
Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage mate.
Anagrams
• Bayer, Earby, Yebra, barye, beary, beray, by ear
Source: Wiktionary
Yer"ba, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Bot.)
Definition: An herb; a plant.
Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena Etym: [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). Yerba dol osa. Etym: [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica).
– Yerba mansa. Etym: [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians.
– Yerba reuma. Etym: [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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