Yerba

Definitions

Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst⟳ open⟳, and great bags of cotton, yerba, and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore.”

“This was the place⟳ at which the leaves and small sprigs of the yerba tree, when brought from the woods, were first scorched--fire being set⟳ to the logs of wood within it.”

“His preparations for breakfast are simple, and he is ready to start⟳ out after half an hour spent in imbibing a few mates full of yerba infusion.”

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