herbs
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
herb/hɜːb/
▶noun
- 1 any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavouring, food, medicine, or perfume.
- 2 Botany any seed-bearing plant which does not have a woody stem and dies down to the ground after flowering.
– derivatives
herby adjective (herbier, herbiest).
herby adjective (herbier, herbiest).
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. herba ‘grass, green crops, herb’.
'herbs' also found in these Oxford entries:
béchamel
- bouquet garni
- cacciatore
- caponata
- chartreuse
- cut
- dressing
- fennel
- fines herbes
- fluellen
- focaccia
- Galliano
- gravlax
- herbaceous
- herbal
- herbalist
- herbed
- infuse
- keftedes
- marinara
- mezzaluna
- mint
- natural magic
- nut loaf
- physic garden
- pongal
- poultice
- remoulade
- saltimbocca
- season
- seasoning
- spaghetti Bolognese
- tussie-mussie
- vermouth
- wildcraft
- wort
