hierba
Meaning
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- (feminine) herb
- (feminine) grass (the plant itself)
- (feminine) weed
- (feminine,slang) marijuana
Concepts
see mala hierba
small plant
wild herb
herbaceous plant
Cannabis sativa
silk grass
graminaceous plants
’erb
pipe-weed
Synonyms
marijuana
yerba forrajera
Mary Jane
tepe de pasto
paslo
hierba alimenticia
hierba comestible
hoja de nabo
brevaje
planta herbácea
Frequency
Hyphenated as
hier‧ba
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʝeɾba/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Compare Catalan herba, Portuguese erva.
New
herbar
to adorn or tan with grass
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