Feminine
herbe
Meaning
- grass (the plant)
- (colloquial) weed; marijuana; ganja; cannabis
Concepts
asthma herb
fresh grass
denounce
marijuana cigarette
’erb
herbaceous plant
thatching grass
gramineous plant
Gunter Grass
Gunter Wilhelm Grass
graminaceous plant
grass over
graminaceous plants
Synonyms
marie-jeanne
weed
plantes herbacées
plante herbacée
Günter Grass
Günter Wilhelm Grass
plante graminée
herbe roulante
foindomain:bot
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛʁb/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French erbe, herbe, from Latin herba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow, become green”).
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