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Meanings of herb in English

Russian
зелень
Portuguese
erva
Spanish
hierba
Catalan
herba
Wikidata

Plant part used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume.

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        зелень
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        A drug prepared from the cannabis plant, that is smoked or ingested for its euphoric effect.

            Portuguese
            maconha
            Catalan
            planta herbàcia
            Spanish
            hierba

            A plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests.

                  maconha
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                  Examples for "herbaceous plant"
                  Examples for "herbaceous plant"
                  1
                  A herbaceous plant is one with a non-woody stem, as geraniums.
                  The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
                  2
                  Brassica tournefortii is an annual herbaceous plant, native to the North Africa and Middle East.
                  Pubmed
                  3
                  VANILLE or VANILLA, is the fruit of the vanillier, a parasitical herbaceous plant, which flourishes in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru.
                  The Book of Household Management
                  4
                  The banana is a herbaceous plant, and after fruiting, its top dies; but it annually sprouts up again fresh from the roots.
                  Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
                  5
                  All have been firmly made little cups of slender twigs, sometimes dry stems of some herbaceous plant, and lined with fine grass-roots.
                  The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
                  Usage of herb in English
                  1
                  Sight, herb for curing weak; cause of; of old men; process of.
                  Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
                  2
                  He said I must get them from the Scoatney herb-garden in future:
                  I capture the castle
                  3
                  However, this raises concerns of drug-herb interactions and toxicity in combination therapies.
                  Pubmed
                  4
                  And this herb is put to burn in prickets and in tapers.
                  Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus
                  5
                  I said that the power existed only in the herb sferra cavallo.
                  The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
                  6
                  The fresh juice of the herb may be given in tablespoonful doses.
                  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
                  7
                  Seldom does the desert herb attain the full stature of the type.
                  The Land of Little Rain
                  8
                  The herb juice in the clever sorceress's salve proved the best remedy.
                  Arachne — Volume 08
                  9
                  Indigenous and sadly underutilised, this herb makes a nice change from parsley.
                  The Guardian
                  10
                  Looking toward it, I saw a foreign object in my herb garden.
                  Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
                  11
                  If your recipe calls for a fresh herb, use the fresh herb.
                  Canning & preserving for dummies 2nd edition
                  12
                  English chemists now prepare and dispense the fluid extract of the herb.
                  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
                  13
                  He is the sprig of bitter herb that makes the pottage wholesome.
                  The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
                  14
                  Finally the speaker singles out one herb as superior to all others:
                  From Ritual to Romance
                  15
                  Besides he still has some of the Sheik's herb; he chews it.
                  Literary Lapses
                  16
                  Remember, it is the bruised herb that gives out the sweetest odor.
                  The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
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                  Translations for herb
                  Portuguese
                  ervamaconha
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