Hypertext Webster Gateway: "herb"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Herb
(1.) Heb. 'eseb, any green plant; herbage (Gen. 1:11, 12, 29,
30; 2:5; 3:18, etc.); comprehending vegetables and all green
herbage (Amos 7:1, 2).
(2.) _Yarak_, green; any green thing; foliage of trees (2
Kings 19:26; Ps. 37:2); a plant; herb (Deut. 11:10).
(3.) _Or_, meaning "light" In Isa. 26:19 it means "green
herbs;" in 2 Kings 4:39 probably the fruit of some plant.
(4.) _Merorim_, plural, "bitter herbs," eaten by the
Israelites at the Passover (Ex. 12:8; Num. 9:11). They were
bitter plants of various sorts, and referred symbolically to the
oppression in Egypt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F.
herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture,
fe`rbein to feed.]
1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent,
but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
produce new stems year after year.
2. Grass; herbage.
And flocks Grazing the tender herb. --Milton.
{Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}.
{Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[ae]a spicata}),
whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The
name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal
fern, the wood betony, etc.
{Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of
St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr.
Prior.
{Herb grace}, or {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}.
{Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}.
{Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the
trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed
poisonous.
{Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G.
Robertianum}.)
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
herb
n 1: a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering
garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal
properties; some are pests [syn: {herbaceous plant}]
2: aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
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