hearbe

Noun

herb (countable and uncountable, plural herbs)

1. (countable) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.
2. (archaic, uncountable) Grass; herbage.
   • flocks grazing the tender herb1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
3. (countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
4. (countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
   • If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?
5. (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
   • The room was thick and sour with the smell of herb.1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8

   Synonyms:

   grass, weed, bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba

6. (US, countable, slang) (always with pronounced /h/) A lame or uncool person.
   • George (AO) describes the tie between fighting and respect: 'Cause some people could come up to you and say, “Ah, he's a herb, he can't fight. He's nothing.”2008, Maryann Dickar, Corridor Cultures: Mapping Student Resistance at an Urban School, page 88

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