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Definition of Herb Gerard

Herb Gerard
Herb Herb (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering. Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year. 2. Grass; herbage. And flocks Grazing the tender herb. --Milton. Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet. Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Act[ae]a spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr. Prior. Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue. Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite. Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous. Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium (G. Robertianum.)

Meaning of Herb Gerard from wikipedia

- (Sambucus), which is not closely related. Other common names include herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort, snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort...
- leaves cause a catnip-like response in cats. Valerian has been used as a herb in traditional medicine since at least the time of ancient Greece and Rome...
- hence the genus Melissa (Gr**** for "honey bee"). The leaves are used as a herb, in teas and also as a flavouring. The plant is used to attract bees for...
- Senecio aureus. Squawweed. Goutwort - Aegopodium podagraria. Acheweed; Herb Gerard; Goat's foot; Bishop weed; Goutweed. Greater Spearwort - Ranunculus lingua...
- flavor and aroma of its seeds have similarities with some other ****es and herbs, such as star anise, fennel, licorice, and tarragon. It is widely cultivated...
- May 6, 2005, in Manhattan, New York City. Douglas Martin (May 7, 2005). "Herb Sargent, TV Writer, Is Dead at 81". New York Times. Hess, John L. (21 June...
- more desire it than any other herb to strew her chambers withall.' — John Gerard, Gerard's Herbal The post of Royal Herb Strewer was created in 1660 by...
- Geum urbanum, also known as wood avens, herb Bennet, colewort and St. Benedict's herb (Latin herba benedicta), is a perennial plant in the rose family...
- Cruydeboeck (Herb Book, 1554). It had been translated into English in 1578 by Henry Lyte as A Niewe Herball and proved po****r. Gerard was not Norton's...
- Anglia 2, 27 "John Gerard", at the Gunpowder Plot Society Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30 October 2007 Herber, David. "The Gunpowder...