Etymology

yerba mate

Today it means: Ilex paraguariensis, a plant used to make maté. Full definition →

Spanish yerba mate
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromyerba mate
  2. English todayyerba mate

From South American Spanish yerba mate (literally “maté herb”).

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