Herb

English

Noun

Herb (plural Herbs)

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. (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season

Synonyms

• (marijuana): 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 Latin herba.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Australian, some US speakers) enPR: hû(r)b, IPA: /hɜː(ɹ)b/, SAMPA: /h3:(r)b/
• (common US variant) enPR: ûrb, IPA: /ɜːɹb/, SAMPA: /3:rb/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)b

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

plant used to flavour food

Chinese: 香草 (cmn) (xiāng cǎo) Danish: urt (da) Dutch: kruid (nl) Esperanto: herbo (eo) Finnish: yrtti (fi) French: herbe (fr) f. German: Kraut (de) n. Greek: χορταρικό (el) (chortarikó) n. Ido: herbo (io) Italian: erba aromatica (it) f., erba (it) f., odori (it) Japanese: 香草 (こうそう, kōsō), ハーブ (hābu), 料理の葉 (りょうりのは, yakuyō no ha) "culinary leaves", 料理の草 (りょうりのくさ, yakuyō no kusa) "culinary grasses", 料理の種 (りょうりのたね, yakuyō no tane) "culinary seeds", 料理の種子 (りょうりのたねこ, yakuyō no taneko) "culinary seed", 料理の根 (りょうりのね, yakuyō no ne) "culinary roots", 料理の花 (りょうりのはな, yakuyō no hana) "culinary flowers", 料理の樹脂 (りょうりのきあぶら, yakuyō no kiabura) "culinary resins", 料理の樹皮 (りょうりのきかわ, yakuyō no kawa) "culinary bark", 料理の果実 (りょうりのかじつ, yakuyō no kajitsu) "culinary fruits, nuts &/or berr(y/ies)"

Korean: 향초 (hyangcho) Marathi: शाक (mr), ओषधी (mr), हरितक (mr), वनस्पति (mr), तृणादि (mr) Norwegian: urt (no) m. Polish: zioło (pl) n. Portuguese: erva (pt) f. Scottish Gaelic: luibh (gd) m. and f., lus (gd) m. Spanish: hierba (es) f. Swedish: ört (sv) Volapük: keb (vo)

plant used in medicine

Chinese: 草药 (cǎo yào) Czech: bylina (cs) f. Dutch: kruid (nl) Finnish: yrtti (fi) German: Heilkraut (de) n. Greek: βότανο (el) (vótano) n. Hungarian: gyógynövény (hu), gyógyfű (hu) Ido: herboro (io) Italian: erba medicinale (it) f. Japanese: 薬草 (やくそう, yakusō) "medicinal grasses", 薬用の葉 (やくようのは, yakuyō no ha) "medicinal leaves", 薬用の草 (やくようのくさ, yakuyō no kusa) "medicinal grasses", 薬用の種 (やくようのたね, yakuyō no tane) "medicinal seeds", 薬用の種子 (やくようのたねこ, yakuyō no taneko) "medicinal seed", 薬用の根 (やくようのね, yakuyō no ne) "medicinal roots", 薬用の花 (やくようのはな, yakuyō no hana) "medicinal flowers", 薬用の樹脂 (やくようのきあぶら, yakuyō no kiabura) "medicinal resins", 薬用の樹皮 (やくようのきかわ, yakuyō no kawa) "medicinal bark", 薬用の果実 (やくようのかじつ, yakuyō no kajitsu) "medicinal fruits, nuts &/or berr(y/ies)"

Korean: 약초 (hyakcho) Norwegian: urt (no) m. Polish: zioło (pl) n. Scottish Gaelic: luibh (gd) m. and f., lus (gd) m. Swedish: ört (sv) Telugu: మూలిక (moolika) Volapük: sanakeb (vo)

slang: marijuana

Finnish: ruoho (fi) French: herbe (fr) f. Greek: χόρτο (el) (chórto) n. Italian: erba (it) f. Norwegian: gress (no) n. Polish: zioło (pl) n.

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тра́ва (sh) f. Roman: tráva (sh) f. Spanish: hierba (es) f. Swedish: gräs (sv)

Anagrams

• Hebr.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German hare, from Old High German *haro, from Proto-Germanic *harwaz.

Adjective

Herb (comparative herber, superlative am herbsten)

1. tart, bitter
2. harsh

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xɛrp/

Noun

Herb m.

1. (heraldry) coat of arms

Declension

    declension of Herb

	singular	plural
nominative	herb	herby
genitive	herbu	herbów
dative	herbowi	herbom
accusative	herb	herby
instrumental	herbem	herbami
locative	herbie	herbach
vocative	herbie	herby