Found 1 items, similar to viridis.
English → English (gcide) Definition: viridis Yerba \Yer"ba\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) An herb; a plant. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa , viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). [1913 Webster] Yerba dol osa. [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). Yerba mansa. [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia). [1913 Webster]