Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A plant whose stem does not produce woody, persistent tissue and generally dies back at the end of each growing season.
- n. Any of various often aromatic plants used especially in medicine or as seasoning.
- n. Slang Marijuana.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- Ultimately from Latin herba. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English herbe, from Old French erbe, from Latin herba. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In the parlance of herbal medicine, the term herb applies to any plant or plant part that is used to make medicinal preparations.”
“The word herb has usually been used to refer to any plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, savory, or aromatic qualities.”
“It's funny how "herb" is the last thing that comes to mind when I see the word "pot" ... and how it is the first thing that you think of on seeing the same word.”
“This choice, seed-free herb is known as sinsemilla (Spanish for "without seed").”
“The inferior dope produced by criminal organizations typically contains stems, leaves and seedy buds and the rankest herb is combined with filler and pressed into bricks.”
“Practitioners take herbs that create symptoms superficially similar to those produced by a disease or ailment and then dilute them until nothing but water and a "memory" of the herb is left.”
“A comrade often received boxes full of the yellow-flowered mountain herb from his home in Siberia and would prepare and share a sweet-smelling tea from the root.”
“Pápalo or papaloquelite porophyllum ruderale: This distinctively pungent herb is usually eaten raw on cemitas - central Mexico's version of the hero sandwich - and is sometimes found in guacamole and salads.”
“I don't want to sound like a moron, but I think each herb is lovely and unique, and should be allowed to shine on its own.”
“The little Gulam went up to the hills this morning, and brought me the healing herb from a far-distant spot.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘herb’.
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
Laban, circumcise, beget, Esau, Rebekah, speckle, Sodom, Pharaoh, Canaanite, Canaan, Jacob, Lot and 1286 more...
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Capitonyms or capitonyms
Capitonyms are, properly, words which change meaning and sound when they change case. This particular list may also erringly include words which change meaning, but not sound. These are improper. S...
Turkey, turkey, China, china, August, august, Bill, bill, Catholic, catholic, Ionic, ionic and 94 more...
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green
gaia, sustainability, eco-friendly, green, blue, carbon neutral, eustasy, free range, lime, grass, fresh, seasick and 6 more...
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Starts with a silent letter
...with grateful thanks to telofy (for "cnidarian"), and to the song "Crazy ABC's" by Barenaked Ladies.
cnidarian, mnemonic, chthonic, ptarmigan, psoriasis, psittacine, bdellium, aisle, czar, gnarly, gnat, gnaw and 82 more...
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Words that start with a silent H
honor, honest, heir, herb, hors d'oeuvre, hour, homage, hola, heiress, hombre, honorific, honorable and 1 more...
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Capitonyms, capitonyms
Words that change meaning when capitalized
worms, welsh, turkey, time, tangier, tang, slough, seat, scotch, scone, said, russian and 70 more...
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(more or less) Temporary Urth List
Temporary list is temporary.
Collecting a few words here, which are then to be alloted to other lists.vassal, gnaw, putrescence, liege, pederasty, disseminate, loot, waning, fitful, hiatuse, plow, pious and 292 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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#1
Words I Like
abide, sashay, microbial, scented, nature, amorphous, unknown, imagine, photogenic, soft, silken, history and 188 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Nigella Bites
words from the cookbook "Nigella Bites" by Nigella Lawson
intend, evangelical, present, nattering space, inevitably, consequently, techniques, liqueur, purist, frankly, constraints, jot and 256 more...
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U.S. and Them
Words that Americans pronounce differently
aluminium, tomato, herb, apricot, fillet, leisure, vase, cordial, garage, route, oregano, iraq and 17 more...
Tweets
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yarb Cool. What's a pocket-protector? Aug 25, 2010
trochee also, in street slang, a square, doofus, dork, or neb. "That guy is such a herb, he wore his pocket-protector to the club." Aug 25, 2010
reesetee Errrrrrb!
Oh, excuse me. Aug 13, 2010
bilby Were you looking for Herb? Aug 10, 2010
chained_bear Errrrrrb!
By the way, speaking of "h," "an historian" drives me batshit. It's "a historian."
Errrrrrb! Aug 9, 2010
ruzuzu *scans the room for signs of sionnach*
When the h is important enough to be capitalized, we recognize it. Otherwise it wouldn't be a proper Capitonym, would it? Aug 9, 2010
yarb Errrrrb! Aug 9, 2010
Niki12 ARRRRGH I really really dislike it when people drop the "h" from the word "herb". Sorry, it's just wrong. Americans, guys, you can pronounce your "h", you say "holiday" and "happy without silencing the "h". There are only certain specific words that start with a silent "h" and herb really really is not one of them. Aug 9, 2010
yarb I love pronouncing it the American way. Errrrrrb! Jan 29, 2008
goatboy With a silent "h" in the States Jan 29, 2008
sionnach German for bitter, or dry, in the case of wine Jan 9, 2008