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herb

Noun

∙ Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
∙ Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
∙ Marijuana. slang, euphemistic
∙ A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season botany
∙ Grass; herbage. obsolete

Herb

Proper noun

∙ A diminutive of the male given name Herbert