Herb

n.
  1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
  2. Grass; herbage.
    3. Herb bennet . (Bot.)
    See Bennet.
    Herb Christopher (Bot.),
    an herb (Actæa 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.
    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.)