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herb

herb [ urb, hurb ] (plural herbs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. culinary and medicinal plant: a low-growing aromatic plant used fresh or dried for seasoning, for its medicinal properties, or in perfumes. Sage and rosemary are herbs.

2. botany plant without woody stems: a seed-producing flowering plant that does not produce woody stems and that forms new stems and leaves each season

3. drugs  ( slang )
Same as  marijuana


[13th century. Via French< Latin herba "grass, herb"]
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