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Definition of Herb Gerard

Herb Gerard
Herb Herb (?; 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. Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year. 2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. --Milton. Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet. Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Act[ae]a 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 (G. Robertianum.)

Meaning of Herb Gerard from wikipedia

- (Sambucus), which is not closely related. Other common names include herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort, snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort...
- leaves cause a catnip-like response in cats. Valerian has been used as a herb in traditional medicine since at least the times of ancient Greece and Rome...
- hence the genus Melissa (Gr**** for "honey bee"). The leaves are used as an herb, in teas and also as a flavouring. The plant is used to attract bees for...
- Senecio aureus. Squawweed. Goutwort - Aegopodium podagraria. Acheweed; Herb Gerard; Goat's foot; Bishop weed; Goutweed. Greater Spearwort - Ranunculus lingua...
- May 6, 2005, in Manhattan, New York City. Douglas Martin (May 7, 2005). "Herb Sargent, TV Writer, Is Dead at 81". New York Times. Hess, John L. (21 June...
- more desire it than any other herb to strew her chambers withall.' — John Gerard, Gerard's Herbal The post of Royal Herb Strewer was created in 1660 by...
- flavor and aroma of its seeds have similarities with some other ****es and herbs, such as star anise, fennel, liquorice, and tarragon. It is widely cultivated...
- 1963, to Eva Christine Conaway (née Godard), a nurse at the hospital, and Herb Conaway Sr., a history teacher at Bordentown Regional High School. He grew...
- Cruydeboeck (Herb Book, 1554). It had been translated into English in 1578 by Henry Lyte as A Niewe Herball and proved po****r. Gerard was not Norton's...
- 8, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2011. Hess (2010), p. 41 Herb McGruff (July 25, 2010). "Herb McGruff Jay Z & Big L Deal". YouTube (Interview). Interviewed...