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noun Yerba n. (Bot.) An herb; a plant. Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena, a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, Mentha viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). Yerba dol osa. A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). Yerba mansa. A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. Yerba reuma. A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).
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