Herb /(ẽrb [or] hẽrb; 277)/

Herb

n.
  1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
  2. Grass; herbage.
    And flocks Grazing the tender herb.

Phrases & Compounds
Herb bennet
See Bennet.
Herb Christopher
an herb (Actaea 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
the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout.
Herb grace
See Rue.
Herb Margaret
the daisy. See Marguerite.
Herb Paris
an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous.
Herb Robert
a species of Geranium (Geranium Robertianum.)