Meaning of herb | Babel Free

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1. Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
   countable
2. grass (plant of the family Poaceae or plant that resembles grasses)
3. A diminutive of the male given name Herbert.
4. A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
   countable
5. herb (plant used to flavour food)
6. a usually small plant used to flavour food or to make medicines. herbs and spices. kruid, bossie عُشْب билка erva bylina, bylinka das Kraut krydderurt; lægeurt βότανοhierba (ravim)taim گياه yrtti herbe עֶשֶב-מַרפֵּא/עֶשֶב-תָבלִין जड़ी-बूटी zeljasta biljka; ljekovite trave; zacini (gyógy)fű, (gyógy)növény tumbuh-tumbuhan untuk bumbu dan jamu kryddjurt erba 薬用植物 허브, 양념용 식물 žolelė, vaistažolė (ārstniecības) augs herba kruid krydderurt zioło كوچنى بوټى چه نرمه ساقه لري داسى بوټى چه په دواو كى است...
   usually
7. herb (plant used in medicine)
8. Cannabis.
   slang, uncountable
9. of herbs, especially herbs used to make medicines. a herbal remedy. kruie- عُشْبي билков de ervas bylinný Kräuter-... urte- που είναι φτιαγμένος από βότανα de hierbas; herbario; herbáceo rohu- گياهی yrtti- d'herbes שֶל עִשבֵּי-מַרפֵּא जड़ी-बूटी संबन्धी biljni füvekből álló dari tumbuhan jurta- d'erbe 薬用植物の 약초의 vaistažolių (ārstniecības) augu-; zāļu-; homeopātisks herba kruidigurte-, krydder-ziołowy ګیاهی de ervas din ier­buri травяной bylinný zeliščen biljni ört- เกี่ยวกับสมุนไพร şifalı otlar...
   especially
10. marijuana
11. a person who deals in herbs, especially those used to make medicines. kruiekenner, kruiedokter عُشابي، عَقاقيري، مُتعامِل بالأعْشاب билкар herbolário bylinkář, -ka der/die Kräuterkenner(in) naturlæge; forhandler af urter βοτανολόγος herbolario ravimtaimekaupmees فروشنده گياهان طبی yrteillä parantaja herboriste חוֹקֶר צְמָחִים וְעָשַבִּים जड़ी-बूटी शास्त्री biljar, travar gyógyfűkereskedő pembuat jamu grasalæknir erborista 薬草商 약초상 žolininkas (ārstniecības) augu pazinējs; homeopāts pakar herba ...
    especially
12. A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
    countable
13. third-person singular present indicative
14. yerba, hierba, planta usada como condimento que se clasifica medicinal;___ tea → infusión.
15. Grass; herbage.
    obsolete, uncountable
16. A plant whose stem does not produce woody, persistent tissue and generally dies back at the end of each growing season.
17. (always with pronounced /h/) A lame or uncool person.
    US, countable, slang
18. Any of various often aromatic plants used especially in medicine or as seasoning.
19. Slang Marijuana.
    Slang
20. (Botany) a seed-bearing plant whose aerial parts do not persist above ground at the end of the growing season; herbaceous plant
21. (Botany) a. any of various usually aromatic plants, such as parsley, rue, and rosemary, that are used in cookery and medicine
22. (Recreational Drugs) Caribbean a slang term for marijuana
    Caribbean

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Examples

“If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?”

“For twenty-five years he has done all sorts of odd jobs: digging ginseng (a herb) in the Long White Mountains, fishing in the Black River, and washing gold dust at Hailanpao. Without this education, he would never have become an undaunted revolutionary.”

“The room was thick and sour with the smell of herb.”

“You think he's got any herb?”

“flocks grazing the tender herb”

“George (AO) describes the tie between fighting and respect: 'Cause some people could come up to you and say, “Ah, he's a herb, he can't fight. He's nothing.””

“Herb and Greta poured through “name” books and the only name they could agree on was “Rosalie.” Greta told Herb that she didn't want her daughter's name to end in a “lie,” and so they named her Rosalee.”

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