herb
Senso (Inglese)
- (countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
- (countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- (countable) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
- (obsolete, uncountable) Grass; herbage.
- (US, countable, slang) (always with pronounced /h/) A lame or uncool person.
Concetti
sinonimi
herbaceous plant
herba
dry herb
aromatic plant
greta
Traduzioni
hierba
herbe
Kraut
kruid
erva
herba
herba
βοτάνιFrequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/hɜːb/
Etimologia (Inglese)
In summary
From Middle English herbe, erbe, from Old French erbe (French herbe), from Latin herba. Initial h was restored to the spelling in the 15th century on the basis of Latin, but it remained mute until the 19th century and still is for many speakers. Doublet of yerba.
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