herb : Idioms & Phrases


balsam herb

  • 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

Death's"-herb` noun
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  1. The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Dr. Prior.
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Fuller's herb

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

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

  • 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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Herb Christopher

  • 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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herb doctor

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

  • noun a garden for growing herbs
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Herb Gerard

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

  • . (Bot.) See Rue.
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Herb Margaret

  • (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite.
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herb mercury

  • 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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herb of grace

  • 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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Herb Paris

  • 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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Herb Robert

  • 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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herb roberts

  • 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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herb simon

  • 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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herb tea

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

Herb"-wom`an noun
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plural Herb-women
Definitions
  1. A woman that sells herbs.
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herbs mercury

  • 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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herbs robert

  • 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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Pot herb

  • 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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Saint Martin's herb

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

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

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

  • fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes.
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willow-herb

Wil"low-herb` noun
Definitions
  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.
Webster 1913