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noun

Herb n.

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.

Grass; herbage. "And flocks Grazing the tender herb."

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.

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.)

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"Herb of grace" Quotes from Famous Books

... for remembrance; Pray you, love, remember; And there is pansies, that's for thoughts; There's fennel for you, and columbines; There's rue for you, and here's some for me; We may call it herb of grace on Sunday; O, you must wear your rue with a difference. There's a daisy; I would give you some violets— But they withered all when ...

— Shakspere, Personal Recollections • John A. Joyce