Found 2 hits - Term: herb christopher, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
herb \herb\ ~erb or h~erb; 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.
1913 webster
note: annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
produce new stems year after year.
1913 webster
2. grass; herbage.
1913 webster
and flocks
grazing the tender herb. --milton.
1913 webster
herb bennet. bot. see bennet.
herb christopher bot., an herb actaea 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.
1913 webster
see also:
herb bennet bennet herb christopher actaea spicata herb gerard herb grace
herb of grace rue herb margaret marguerite herb paris
paris quadrifolia herb robert geranium geranium robertianum
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
herb christopher
n : a plant of the genus actaea having acrid poisonous berries
syn: baneberry, cohosh
see also:
baneberry cohosh
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