Found 2 items, similar to Herb of grace.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: herb of grace
herb of grace
n : European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green
bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
[syn:
rue,
Ruta graveolens]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Herb of 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
produce new stems year after year.
[1913 Webster]
2. Grass; herbage.
[1913 Webster]
And flocks
Grazing the tender herb. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
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
.)
[1913 Webster]