Category:Yerba

Yer"ba, n. Etym: [sp.] (bot.)

Defn: an herb; a plant.

Note: this word is much used in compound names of plants in spanish; As, yerba buena etym: [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. Etym: [sp., herb of the She-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (rhamnus californica). -- yerba mansa. Etym: [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. Etym: [cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (frankenia grandifolia).