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Webster 1913 Edition
Herb
Herb
(ẽrb or hẽrb; 277)
, Noun.
[OE.
herbe
, erbe
, OF. herbe
, erbe
, F. herbe
, L. herba
; perh. akin to Gr. φορβή
food, pasture, φέρβειν
to feed.] 1.
A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
☞ Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.
2.
Grass; herbage.
And flocks
Grazing the tender
Grazing the tender
herb
. Milton.
Herb bennet
. (Bot.)
See
– Bennet
. Herb Christopher
(Bot.)
, an herb (
– Actaea spicata
), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. Herb Gerard
(Bot.)
, the goutweed; – so called in honor of St.
Gerard
, who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior.
– Herb grace
, or Herb of grace
(Bot.)
See
– Rue
. Herb Margaret
(Bot.)
, the daisy. See
– Marguerite
. Herb Paris
(Bot.)
, an Old World plant related to the trillium (
– Paris quadrifolia
), commonly reputed poisonous. Herb Robert
(Bot.)
, a species of
Geranium
(Geranium Robertianum
.)Webster 1828 Edition
Herb
HERB
,Noun.
erb.
1.
A plant or vegetable with a soft or succulent stalk or stem, which dies to the root every year, and is thus distinguished from a tree and a shrub, which have ligneous or hard woody stems.2.
In the Linnean botany, that part of a vegetable which springs from the root and is terminated by the fructification, including the stem or stalk, the leaves, the fulcra or props,and the hibernacle.The word herb comprehends all the grasses, and numerous plants used for culinary purposes.
Definition 2024
Herb
herb
herb
English
Noun
herb (plural herbs)
- Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
- Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
- (slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.
- (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
- (obsolete) Grass; herbage.
- Milton
- flocks grazing the tender herb
- Milton
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- See also Wikisaurus:seasoning
Related terms
Translations
plant used to flavour food
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plant used in medicine
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slang: marijuana
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German hare, from Old High German *haro, from Proto-Germanic *harwaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
herb (comparative herber, superlative am herbsten)
Declension
Positive forms of herb
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist herb | sie ist herb | es ist herb | sie sind herb | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | herber | herbe | herbes | herbe |
| genitive | herben | herber | herben | herber | |
| dative | herbem | herber | herbem | herben | |
| accusative | herben | herbe | herbes | herbe | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der herbe | die herbe | das herbe | die herben |
| genitive | des herben | der herben | des herben | der herben | |
| dative | dem herben | der herben | dem herben | den herben | |
| accusative | den herben | die herbe | das herbe | die herben | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein herber | eine herbe | ein herbes | (keine) herben |
| genitive | eines herben | einer herben | eines herben | (keiner) herben | |
| dative | einem herben | einer herben | einem herben | (keinen) herben | |
| accusative | einen herben | eine herbe | ein herbes | (keine) herben | |
Comparative forms of herb
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist herber | sie ist herber | es ist herber | sie sind herber | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | herberer | herbere | herberes | herbere |
| genitive | herberen | herberer | herberen | herberer | |
| dative | herberem | herberer | herberem | herberen | |
| accusative | herberen | herbere | herberes | herbere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der herbere | die herbere | das herbere | die herberen |
| genitive | des herberen | der herberen | des herberen | der herberen | |
| dative | dem herberen | der herberen | dem herberen | den herberen | |
| accusative | den herberen | die herbere | das herbere | die herberen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein herberer | eine herbere | ein herberes | (keine) herberen |
| genitive | eines herberen | einer herberen | eines herberen | (keiner) herberen | |
| dative | einem herberen | einer herberen | einem herberen | (keinen) herberen | |
| accusative | einen herberen | eine herbere | ein herberes | (keine) herberen | |
Superlative forms of herb
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am herbsten | sie ist am herbsten | es ist am herbsten | sie sind am herbsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | herbster | herbste | herbstes | herbste |
| genitive | herbsten | herbster | herbsten | herbster | |
| dative | herbstem | herbster | herbstem | herbsten | |
| accusative | herbsten | herbste | herbstes | herbste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der herbste | die herbste | das herbste | die herbsten |
| genitive | des herbsten | der herbsten | des herbsten | der herbsten | |
| dative | dem herbsten | der herbsten | dem herbsten | den herbsten | |
| accusative | den herbsten | die herbste | das herbste | die herbsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein herbster | eine herbste | ein herbstes | (keine) herbsten |
| genitive | eines herbsten | einer herbsten | eines herbsten | (keiner) herbsten | |
| dative | einem herbsten | einer herbsten | einem herbsten | (keinen) herbsten | |
| accusative | einen herbsten | eine herbste | ein herbstes | (keine) herbsten | |
Polish
Etymology
From Middle High German erbe (“heritage”). Compare German Erbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɛrp/
Noun
herb m inan
- (heraldry) coat of arms
Declension
declension of herb
Descendants
- Russian: герб (gerb)