Herb

Noun

 * 1) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
 * 2) Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc are used in medicine.
 * 3) (euphemistic slang) Marijuana.
 * 4)  A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season

Synonyms

 * grass, weed

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:seasoning

Derived terms

 * herbs and spices

Related terms

 * herbaceous
 * herbage
 * herbal


 * herbarium
 * herbicidal
 * herbicide
 * herbivore
 * herbivorous
 * herbed up (euphemistic slang, marijuana)

Adjectives for Herb
winged; aromatic; tender; fragrant; artificial; vivid; bespangling; poisonous; tufted; enchanted; beneficial; culinary; trodden; baneful; pungent; grassy.

Verbs for Herb
administer—; collect—s; crop—s; cultivate —s; devour—; feast on—s; feed on—s; flavor with—s; garnish with—s; gather—s; market—s; overgrow with—s; prescribe—s; yield to—; —abounds; —cures; —flowers; —stimulates ; —withers.

Thesaurus
Cretan dittany, algae, angelica, autophyte, balm, balsam, basil, bean, belladonna, boneset, borage, bracken, brown algae, burning bush, calendula, caraway, cardamom, castor-oil plant, chervil, chicory, climber, clover, conferva, confervoid, coriander, creeper, deadly nightshade, death camas, diatom, dill, dittany, drops, drug, electuary, elixir, ethical drug, fennel, fern, feverroot, figwort, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, gas plant, generic name, ginseng, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, hemp, henbane, herbs, heterophyte, horehound, hyssop, inhalant, ivy, kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, lincture, linctus, liverwort, mandrake, marijuana, marjoram, materia medica, mayapple, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, mint, mixture, mold, monkshood, moss, mullein, mushroom, mustard, nonprescription drug, officinal, oregano, origanum, parasite, parasitic plant, parsley, patent medicine, pea, peppermint, perthophyte, pharmacon, physic, phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, powder, preparation, prescription drug, proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, puffball, pulse, red algae, rockweed, rosemary, rue, rust, sage, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, savory, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, simples, smut, sorrel, spearmint, succulent, sweet woodruff, syrup, tansy, tarragon, theraputant, thyme, tisane, toadstool, tobacco, vegetable remedies, vetch, vine, wort, wrack

Etymology
Ultimately from herba:.

Pronunciation


US pronunciation of the word varies; some speakers include the h-sound and others omit it. Individual speakers are consistent in their choice, but the choice does not appear to be correlated with any regional, socioeconomic, or educational distinctions.

Translations

 * Chinese: (xiāng cǎo)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: χορταρικό
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, , odori
 * Japanese: (, kōsō),  (hābu),  (, yakuyō no ha) "culinary leaves",  (, yakuyō no kusa) "culinary grasses",  (, yakuyō no tane) "culinary seeds",  (, yakuyō no taneko) "culinary seed",  (, yakuyō no ne) "culinary roots",  (, yakuyō no hana) "culinary flowers",  (, yakuyō no kiabura) "culinary resins",  (, yakuyō no kawa) "culinary bark",  (, yakuyō no kajitsu) "culinary fruits, nuts &/or berr(y/ies)"


 * Korean: 향초 (hyangcho)
 * Marathi: शाक, ओषधी, हरितक, वनस्पति, तृणादि
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: keb


 * Chinese: 草药 (cǎo yào)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: βότανο
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (, yakusō) "medicinal grasses",  (, yakuyō no ha) "medicinal leaves",  (, yakuyō no kusa) "medicinal grasses",  (, yakuyō no tane) "medicinal seeds",  (, yakuyō no taneko) "medicinal seed",  (, yakuyō no ne) "medicinal roots",  (, yakuyō no hana) "medicinal flowers",  (, yakuyō no kiabura) "medicinal resins",  (, yakuyō no kawa) "medicinal bark",  (, yakuyō no kajitsu) "medicinal fruits, nuts &/or berr(y/ies)"


 * Korean: 약초 (hyakcho)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మూలిక (moolika)
 * Volapük: sanakeb


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: χόρτο
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:


 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: трава
 * Roman: trava
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * Hebr.

Etymology
From hare:, from  *undefined:, from.

Adjective

 * 1) tart, bitter
 * 2) harsh

Noun

 * 1)  coat of arms