Yerba | ‖n. [ Sp. ] (Bot.) An herb; a plant. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [ Sp., a good herb ], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, Mentha viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). [ 1913 Webster ] Yerba dol osa. [ Sp., herb of the she-bear. ] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). -- Yerba mansa. [ 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. [ Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism. ] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia). [ 1913 Webster ]
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