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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Herb \Herb\ ([~e]rb or h[~e]rb; 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.
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     Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
           the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
           produce new stems year after year.
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     2. Grass; herbage.
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              And flocks
              Grazing the tender herb.              --Milton.
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     {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} ({Geranium
        Robertianum}.)
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  140 Moby Thesaurus words for "herb":
     Cretan dittany, algae, angelica, autophyte, balm, balsam, basil,
     bean, belladonna, boneset, borage, bracken, brown algae,
     burning bush, calendula, caraway, cardamom, castor-oil plant,
     chervil, chicory, climber, clover, conferva, confervoid, coriander,
     creeper, deadly nightshade, death camas, diatom, dill, dittany,
     drops, drug, electuary, elixir, ethical drug, fennel, fern,
     feverroot, figwort, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus,
     gas plant, generic name, ginseng, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed,
     hemp, henbane, herbs, heterophyte, horehound, hyssop, inhalant,
     ivy, kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, lincture, linctus,
     liverwort, mandrake, marijuana, marjoram, materia medica, mayapple,
     medicament, medication, medicinal, medicinal herbs, medicine, mint,
     mixture, mold, monkshood, moss, mullein, mushroom, mustard,
     nonprescription drug, officinal, oregano, origanum, parasite,
     parasitic plant, parsley, patent medicine, pea, peppermint,
     perthophyte, pharmacon, physic, phytoplankton, planktonic algae,
     plant families, powder, preparation, prescription drug,
     proprietary, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, puffball,
     pulse, red algae, rockweed, rosemary, rue, rust, sage, saprophyte,
     sargasso, sargassum, savory, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack,
     seaweed, simples, smut, sorrel, spearmint, succulent,
     sweet woodruff, syrup, tansy, tarragon, theraputant, thyme, tisane,
     toadstool, tobacco, vegetable remedies, vetch, vine, wort, wrack
  
  

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.
     

















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