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Herb grace

Herb \Herb\ ([~e]rb or h[~e]rb; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.]

  1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

    Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year.

  2. Grass; herbage.

    And flocks Grazing the tender herb.
    --Milton.

    Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet.

    Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb ( Act[ae]a spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc.

    Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout.
    --Dr. Prior.

    Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue.

    Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite.

    Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium ( Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous.

    Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium ( Geranium Robertianum.)