Noun

(en noun)

Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food.

Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

(slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.

(botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season

(obsolete) Grass; herbage.

* Milton

flocks grazing the tender herb

Noun

(-)

The tropical herb Eryngium foetidum , native to Mexico and South America but cultivated worldwide, used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 21, author=Timothy Williams, title=As East Harlem Develops, Its Accent Starts to Change, work=New York Times citation

, passage=A painting of a woman wearing a burgundy shawl over a flamenco-style dress hangs on a wall, and in the garden, tomatoes, peppers, corn and culantro , an herb used in Caribbean cooking, grow in the summer. }}