herb 音标拼音: ['ɚb] [h'ɚb]
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herb n 1 :
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem ;
many are flowering garden plants or potherbs ;
some having medicinal properties ;
some are pests [
synonym : {
herb }, {
herbaceous plant }]
2 :
aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities Herb \
Herb \ ([~
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277 ),
n . [
OE .
herbe ,
erbe ,
OF .
herbe ,
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F .
herbe ,
L .
herba ;
perh .
akin to Gr .
forbh `
food ,
pasture ,
fe `
rbein to feed .]
1 .
A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent ,
but dies ,
at least down to the ground ,
after flowering .
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Note :
Annual herbs live but one season ;
biennial herbs flower the second season ,
and then die ;
perennial herbs produce new stems year after year .
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2 .
Grass ;
herbage .
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And flocks Grazing the tender herb . --
Milton .
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{
Herb bennet }. (
Bot .)
See {
Bennet }.
{
Herb Christopher } (
Bot .),
an herb ({
Act [
ae ]
a 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 }.)
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140 Moby Thesaurus words for "
herb ":
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 Herb (
1 .)
Heb . '
eseb ,
any green plant ;
herbage (
Gen .
1 :
11 ,
12 ,
29 ,
30 ;
2 :
5 ;
3 :
18 ,
etc .);
comprehending vegetables and all green herbage (
Amos 7 :
1 ,
2 ).
(
2 .)
_Yarak_ ,
green ;
any green thing ;
foliage of trees (
2 Kings 19 :
26 ;
Ps .
37 :
2 );
a plant ;
herb (
Deut .
11 :
10 ).
(
3 .)
_Or_ ,
meaning "
light "
In Isa .
26 :
19 it means "
green herbs ;"
in 2 Kings 4 :
39 probably the fruit of some plant .
(
4 .)
_Merorim_ ,
plural , "
bitter herbs ,"
eaten by the Israelites at the Passover (
Ex .
12 :
8 ;
Num .
9 :
11 ).
They were bitter plants of various sorts ,
and referred symbolically to the oppression in Egypt .
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