herb

Meaning

1. (countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
2. (countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
3. (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
4. (countable) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
5. (obsolete, uncountable) Grass; herbage.
6. (US, countable, slang) (always with pronounced /h/) A lame or uncool person.

Synonyms

grass

medicine

💊

plant

🌱

weed

vegetable

herbaceous plant

herbs

Mary Jane

herbage

bud

drug

💊

cereal

pot

fodder

herba

green goddess

dry herb

graminoid

thyme

tarragon

potion

pasture

parsley

reefer

wort

burdock

flower

🌸

bar

funk

gage

fir

broccoli

🥦

dope

ditch

boom

💥

bale

aromatic plant

ding

dew

boo

has

growth

hay

hemp

herbaceous

creeper

greta

homegrown

hooch

greeter

Translations

hierba

🌿

herbe

erba

Kraut

🌿

kruid

🌿

erva

🌿

yerba

herba

herba

🌿

βοτάνι

βότανο

χόρτο

gramen

erba medicinale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɜːb/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: herbe

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.