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Definition of Herb robert
1. Noun. A sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers; widespread in the northern hemisphere.
Generic synonyms: Crane's Bill, Cranesbill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herb Robert
Literary usage of Herb robert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"Though the rootstock is known to be purgative, it is not now used in medicine.
C. GERANIUM ROBERTIANUM, L. HERB-ROBERT. Nat. ..."
2. Handbook of foliage and foreground drawing by George Barnard (1870)
"SIDE by side with the last-named plant, and like it in the vanguard of vegetation,
the student will at times meet with the herb robert, one of our wild ..."
3. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"This word is a corruption of " Herb-Robert" (Geranium Robert U,nuni). ... Herb-
Robert is also known as " Stinking Crane's-bill" (the name, as in many other ..."
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