Etymology

yerba

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Today it means: Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté. Full definition →

Spanish yerba
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromyerba
  2. English todayyerba

From Spanish yerba. Doublet of herb.

Words from the same roots

Spanishyerba all →

yerba santa

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