yerba

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yerba

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From Spanish yerba. Doublet of herb.

noun yerbas

  1. uncountable, usually Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté. The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst open, and great bags of cotton, yerba, and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore.

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@misc{yerba_2026,
  title = {yerba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yerba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}