herb
[hə:b]
n. 草, 香草

[医] 草, 草, 草

1. I had to take the herb tea although it's bitter.
   汤很苦，还喝。
2. The essence drawn out from this medicinal herb is good for high blood pressure.
   种草炼精华治疗血压效。

herb
[ noun ]

1. a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

<noun.plant>

2. aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

<noun.food>

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.

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} ({Geranium
Robertianum}.)