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Herb vs Goldenseal - What's the difference?

herb | goldenseal |

As nouns the difference between herb and goldenseal

is that herb is any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food while goldenseal is species: Hydrastis canadensis, a perennial herb of the buttercup family, native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States, with a thick, yellow knotted rootstock and diverse medicinal properties.

As a proper noun Herb

is a diminutive=Herbert given name.

herb

English

(wikipedia herb)

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

    Synonyms

    * (marijuana) grass, weed

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Anagrams

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    goldenseal

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia goldenseal)
  • , a perennial herb of the buttercup family, native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States, with a thick, yellow knotted rootstock and diverse medicinal properties.
  • Synonyms

    * orangeroot