herb /hɜːb $ ɜːrb, hɜːrb/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: erbe, from Latin herba 'grass, herb']
a small plant that is used to improve the taste of food, or to make medicine ⇒ spice:
Sprinkle the dish with chopped fresh herbs.

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herb
noun
ADJ. dried, fresh | mixed Add a teaspoonful of mixed herbs.
aromatic, fragrant | culinary, medicinal
QUANT. bunch
VERB + HERB garnish sth with Serve cold, garnished with fresh herbs.
HERB + NOUN bed, border, garden
 ⇒ Special page at FOOD

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plant a living thing that has leaves and roots and grows in earth, especially one that is smaller than a tree:
Don’t forget to water the plants.
Plants grow towards the sun.
Botanists examined plant species from around the world.
herb a small plant that is used to improve the taste of food, or to make medicine:
Sprinkle the dish with chopped fresh herbs.
medicinal herbs (=used as medicine)
The shop sells an interesting range of herbs and spices.
weed a wild plant growing where it is not wanted that prevents crops or garden flowers from growing properly:
She was pulling up weeds in her garden.
Herbicides can be used to prevent and control weeds.
bulb a root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant:
She planted hundreds of daffodil bulbs.
shrub a small bush with several woody stems:
flowering shrubs
Rosemary is an evergreen shrub.

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