Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yerba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: yer-ba
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst open, and great bags of cotton, yerba, and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore."
"This was the place at which the leaves and small sprigs of the yerba tree, when brought from the woods, were first scorched--fire being set to the logs of wood within it."
"His preparations for breakfast are simple, and he is ready to start out after half an hour spent in imbibing a few mates full of yerba infusion."

Etymology

From Spanish yerba. Doublet of herb.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: *gʰreh₁-, yerba

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

yerbas (plural)

Phrases

yerba mate yerba santa

Frequently Paired Words

yerba mate yerba santa

Questions

What does yerba mean?: 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.
Where does yerba come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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