herb
Idioms about herb
give it the herbs, Australian Slang. to use full power, especially in accelerating a car.
Origin of herb
1Other words from herb
- herbless, adjective
- herblike, adjective
Other definitions for Herb (2 of 2)
a male given name, form of Herbert.
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How to use herb in a sentence
Here were the wreathed and fantastic shapes she remembered too well, the wildly tossed, the bare and herbless rocks.
Baron Bruno | Louisa MorganIt was a remarkable mass of yellow rock, naked and herbless, as if nature there had not yet finished her work.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 1 (of 2) | Thomas MitchellWe proceeded across ground quite open, herbless, and so very soft that even my horse waded through it with difficulty.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 1 (of 2) | Thomas MitchellHerbless and treeless, it filled more than half of the horizon.
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British Dictionary definitions for herb
/ (hɜːb, US ɜːrb) /
a seed-bearing plant whose aerial parts do not persist above ground at the end of the growing season; herbaceous plant
any of various usually aromatic plants, such as parsley, rue, and rosemary, that are used in cookery and medicine
(as modifier): a herb garden
Caribbean a slang term for marijuana
Origin of herb
1Derived forms of herb
- herblike, adjective
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Scientific definitions for herb
[ ûrb ]
A flowering plant whose stem does not produce woody tissue and generally dies back at the end of each growing season. Both grasses and forbs are herbs.
Other words from herb
- herbaceous adjective (hûr-bā′shəs, ûr-)
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