English

A yerba bush

Noun

yerba ‎(usually uncountable, plural yerbas)

1. Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage mate.
   • 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle:

     The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst open, and great bags of cotton, yerba, and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore.

   • 1854, P. L. Simmonds, The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom:

     This was the place at which the leaves and small sprigs of the yerba tree, when brought from the woods, were first scorched--fire being set to the logs of wood within it.

   • 1910, Various, Argentina From A British Point Of View:

     His preparations for breakfast are simple, and he is ready to start out after half an hour spent in imbibing a few mates full of yerba infusion.

See also

• Yerba mate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ilex paraguariensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• barye, beray, by ear, Earby

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

yerba f ‎(plural yerbes)

1. grass

Istriot

Alternative forms

• gièrba

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Noun

yerba f

1. grass

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- ‎(“to grow, become green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʝeɾ.βa]

Noun

yerba f ‎(plural yerbas)

1. yerba (Ilex paraguaiensis)
2. Alternative form of hierba
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte, Capítulo XX

     No es posible, señor mío, sino que estas yerbas dan testimonio de que por aquí cerca debe de estar alguna fuente o arroyo que estas yerbas humedece;

     It cannot be, my lord, but that this grass gives proof that there must be nearby some spring or brook to give it moisture;

Derived terms

• yerba buena
• yerba dulce
• yerba mate
• enyerbar
• yerboso