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Webster 1913 Edition


Herb

Herb

(ẽrb or hẽrb; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
herbe
,
erbe
, OF.
herbe
,
erbe
, F.
herbe
, L.
herba
; perh. akin to Gr.
φορβή
food, pasture,
φέρβειν
to feed.]
1.
A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
☞ 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 (
Actaea 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
(
Geranium Robertianum
.)

Webster 1828 Edition


Herb

HERB

,
Noun.
erb.
[L. herba.]
1.
A plant or vegetable with a soft or succulent stalk or stem, which dies to the root every year, and is thus distinguished from a tree and a shrub, which have ligneous or hard woody stems.
2.
In the Linnean botany, that part of a vegetable which springs from the root and is terminated by the fructification, including the stem or stalk, the leaves, the fulcra or props,and the hibernacle.
The word herb comprehends all the grasses, and numerous plants used for culinary purposes.

Definition 2024


Herb

Herb

See also: herb, hərb, and herb.

English

Proper noun

Herb

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Herbert

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herb

herb

See also: Herb, hərb, and herb.

English

Noun

herb (plural herbs)

  1. Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
  2. Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
  3. (slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.
  4. (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
  5. (obsolete) Grass; herbage.
    • Milton
      flocks grazing the tender herb

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  • See also Wikisaurus:seasoning

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German hare, from Old High German *haro, from Proto-Germanic *harwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

herb (comparative herber, superlative am herbsten)

  1. tart, bitter
  2. harsh

Declension


Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German erbe (heritage). Compare German Erbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛrp/

Noun

herb m inan

  1. (heraldry) coat of arms

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Descendants


Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /herb/

Noun

herb

  1. (dated) war

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