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Frankenia grandifolia
Yerba Yer"ba, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) An herb; a plant. Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). Yerba dol osa. [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). Yerba mansa. [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).
Frankenia laevis
Sea heath Sea" heath` (Bot.) A low perennial plant (Frankenia l[ae]vis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.

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- Look up Ranken or ranken in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ranken is a name of Scottish and Irish origin. The name is cognate with the surname Rankin...
- 29 October 1982 at 100 Club in London, Cait O'Riordan (b****) and Andrew Ranken (drums) had already joined the band. Pogue ****ne appeared on Thursday 3...
- Harry Sherwood Ranken VC (3 September 1883 – 25 September 1914) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award...
- George Ranken may refer to: George Ranken (soldier) (1828–1856), British soldier and author George Ranken (surveyor) (1827–1895), Scottish-born Australian...
- The Ranken Dart was an anti-Zeppelin weapon developed during the First World War. It was an air-dropped 1 lb (450 g) explosive flechette-type of missile-shaped...
- Robert Burt Ranken (24 February 1840 – 4 August 1902) was a Scottish first-class cricketer. The son of Thomas Ranken, he was born at Edinburgh in October...
- married Janette Mary Fernie Ranken (1877–1970), sister of his close friend and fellow Slade graduate William Bruce Ellis Ranken. In her biography of Thesiger's...
- William Bruce Ellis Ranken. Janette Mary Fernie Ranken was born in 1877, in a prosperous Edinburgh family, the daughter of Robert Burt Ranken (1840-1902) and...
- Ellis Ranken (11 April 1881 – 31 March 1941) was a British artist and Edwardian aesthete. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Robert Burt Ranken, a wealthy...
- Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital is a private, not-for-profit, speciality pediatric rehabilitation hospital located in Maryland Heights, Missouri...