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yerba mate

yerba mate noun: ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.

Noun

yerba mate (plural yerba mates)

  1. Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.

Forms of yerba mate

pluralyerba mates
alternative formherva maté
alternative formyerba maté

Origin of yerba mate

From South American Spanish yerba mate (literally “maté herb”).

Questions about yerba mate

What does yerba mate mean?
Yerba mate means ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté.
What part of speech is yerba mate?
Yerba mate is a noun.
What is the plural of yerba mate?
The plural of yerba mate is yerba mates.

Words near yerba mate in the dictionary

  1. Yerazgavors
  2. yerb
  3. yerba
  4. yerba buena
  5. yerba mansa
  6. yerba mate
  7. yerba mates
  8. yerba maté
  9. yerba matés
  10. yerba santa
  11. yerba santas

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