Definition of Yerba
1. n. An herb; a plant.
2. n. An herb; a plant.
Definition of Yerba
1. a South American beverage resembling tea [n -S]
Medical Definition of Yerba
1.
An herb; a plant.
This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp, a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, viridis, etc), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). Yerba dol osa. [Sp, herb of the she-bear] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). Yerba mansa. [Sp, a mild herb, soft herb] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. Reuma rheum, rheumatism] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).
Origin: Sp.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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