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herb
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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