herb

[ urb or, especially British, hurb ]
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noun
  1. a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody.

  2. such a plant when valued for its medicinal properties, flavor, scent, or the like.

  1. Often the herb. Slang. marijuana.

  2. Archaic. herbage.

Idioms about herb

  1. give it the herbs, Australian Slang. to use full power, especially in accelerating a car.

Origin of herb

1
1250–1300; Middle English herbe<Old French erbe, herbe<Latin herba

Other words from herb

  • herbless, adjective
  • herblike, adjective

Other definitions for Herb (2 of 2)

Herb
[ hurb ]

noun
  1. a male given name, form of Herbert.

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British Dictionary definitions for herb

herb

/ (hɜːb, US ɜːrb) /


noun
  1. 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

  1. Caribbean a slang term for marijuana

Origin of herb

1
C13: from Old French herbe, from Latin herba grass, green plants

Derived forms of herb

  • herblike, adjective

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Scientific definitions for herb

herb

[ ûrb ]


  1. 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-bāshəs, ûr-)

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