Etymology

yerba santa

Today it means: Any of a group of plants native to southwestern North America. Eriodictyon californicum or other species in the genus Eriodictyon, which have traditionally been used medicinally. Full definition →

Spanish yerba
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromyerba“herb”
  2. English todayyerba santa

From Spanish yerba (“herb”) + santa (“sacred”).

Words from the same roots

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