herb : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  mint geranium; alecost; bible leaf; Tanacetum balsamita; Chrysanthemum balsamita; costmary.
  

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Death's"-herb` noun

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1. The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Dr. Prior.

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• (Bot.), the soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), formerly used to remove stains from cloth.

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• noun leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked
  comfrey.
  

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• noun hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
  clover-root; Geum urbanum; cloveroot; wood avens.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Bennet.

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• noun a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
  baneberry; cohosh.
  

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• (Bot.), an herb (Actæa 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.

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• noun a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
  herbalist.
  

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• noun a garden for growing herbs
  

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• (Bot.), the goutweed; so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior.

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• . (Bot.) See Rue.

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• (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite.

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• noun Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
  herb mercury; boys-and-girls; Mercurialis annua.
  

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• noun European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
  Ruta graveolens; rue.
  

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• noun European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
  Paris quadrifolia.
  

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• (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous.

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• noun a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers; widespread in the northern hemisphere
  herb roberts; Geranium robertianum; herb robert.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of Geranium (G. Robertianum.)

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• noun a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers; widespread in the northern hemisphere
  herb roberts; Geranium robertianum; herb robert.
  

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• noun United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)
  Herbert A. Simon; Herbert Alexander Simon; Simon.
  

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• noun tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
  herbal; herbal tea.
  

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Herb"-wom`an noun

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plural Herb-women

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1. A woman that sells herbs.

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• noun Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
  herb mercury; boys-and-girls; Mercurialis annua.
  

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• noun a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers; widespread in the northern hemisphere
  herb roberts; Geranium robertianum; herb robert.
  

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• any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others.

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• (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant (Sauvagesia erecta). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine.

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• a perennial herb (Lythrum Salicaria) with willowy leaves and spiked purplish flowers.

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• noun any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
  scurvy grass; winter cress.
  

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• fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes.

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Wil"low-herb` noun

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1. (Bot.) A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus.

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