herb

noun

1. (countable)Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
2. (countable)A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

   “If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?”

   “For twenty-five years he has done all sorts of odd jobs: digging ginseng (a herb) in the Long White Mountains, fishing in the Black River, and washing gold dust at Hailanpao. Without this education, he would never have become an undaunted revolutionary.”

3. (slang, uncountable)Cannabis.

   “The room was thick and sour with the smell of herb.”

   “You think he's got any herb?”

4. (countable)A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
5. (obsolete, uncountable)Grass; herbage.

   “flocks grazing the tender herb”

6. (US, countable, slang)(always with pronounced /h/) A lame or uncool person.

   “George (AO) describes the tie between fighting and respect: 'Cause some people could come up to you and say, “Ah, he's a herb, he can't fight. He's nothing.””

name

1. A diminutive of the male given name Herbert.

   “Herb and Greta poured through “name” books and the only name they could agree on was “Rosalie.” Greta told Herb that she didn't want her daughter's name to end in a “lie,” and so they named her Rosalee.”