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hierba

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herb

noun

hierba, yerba
feminine noun
1. herb (planta)
  • mala hierba, yerba -> weed
  • hierbas aromáticas -> aromatic herbs
  • hierba, yerba mate -> maté
  • hierbas medicinales -> medicinal herbs
2. grass (césped)
3. grass (informal) (marihuana)
4. (expresiones)
  • ser mala hierba, yerba -> to be a nasty piece of work
  • mala hierba, yerba nunca muere (Prov) -> ill weeds grow apace
  • y otras hierbas -> and so on

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hierba [e-err’-bah]
noun
1. Herb, a plant not possessing a woody stem, but dying down to the ground after flowering. (f)
2. Green food for cattle, herbage, grass (chiefly in plural). (f)
3. Flaw in the emerald which tarnishes its lustre. (f)
noun, plural
4. Poison given in food; a poisonous plant.
5. Among the clergy, greens, gardenstuff.
6. Grass, pasturage.
  • Crecer como la mala hierba, to grow like weeds. Hierba -> grass
  • Hierba cana -> groundsel
  • Y otras hierbas -> (Fig.) and so forth

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Q: Mala hierba
A: "Mala hierba" is usually used as "bad person". There is a common saying in Argentina: "Hierba mala nunca muere" usually applied to people. "Mala leche"…
Q: how do you pronounce hierba phonetically
A: Hi Mark. Welcome to the forum. :-) You'd say "yerba."
Q: Yerbabuena o Hierba buena
A: But what did you find at a nursery? That is, what is the English (or scientific) name of the plant you found/were searching for? To summarize: You told…
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