yerba
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From yerba maté
Noun [edit]
yerba (usually uncountable; plural yerbas)
- Ilex paraguaiensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle[1]:
- The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst open, and great bags of cotton, yerba, and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore.
- 1854, P. L. Simmonds, The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom[2]:
- This was the place at which the leaves and small sprigs of the yerba tree, when brought from the woods, were first scorched--fire being set to the logs of wood within it.
- 1910, Various, Argentina From A British Point Of View[3]:
- His preparations for breakfast are simple, and he is ready to start out after half an hour spent in imbibing a few mates full of yerba infusion.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle[1]:
See also [edit]
Yerba maté on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Yerba maté
Anagrams [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin herba
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈʝeɾ.βa]
Noun [edit]
yerba f (plural yerbas)
- yerba (Ilex paraguaiensis)
- Alternative form of hierba.
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte, Capítulo XX
- No es posible, señor mío, sino que estas yerbas dan testimonio de que por aquí cerca debe de estar alguna fuente o arroyo que estas yerbas humedece;
- It cannot be, my lord, but that this grass gives proof that there must be nearby some spring or brook to give it moisture;
- No es posible, señor mío, sino que estas yerbas dan testimonio de que por aquí cerca debe de estar alguna fuente o arroyo que estas yerbas humedece;
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte, Capítulo XX
