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