“yerba”

The following 4 entries include the term yerba.

yerba maté

noun

: maté

yerba buena

noun

: a trailing perennial evergreen herb (Satureia douglasii) of British Columbia, Idaho, and California that has small white flowers and has been used as an anthelmintic and emmenagogue

yerba mansa

noun

: a stoloniferous herb (Anemiopsis californica) of the family Saururaceae of the western U.S. and Mexico with a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers subtended by a white involucre suggesting an anemone

yerba reuma

noun

: a low Californian undershrub (Frankenia palmeri) densely covered with small leaves and tiny white flowers


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