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hierba

grass

noun YEHR-bah Rare
Animals & Nature Plants

Also means

herb

Usage Note

Hierba covers both wild grass and culinary or medicinal herbs. The spelled variant yerba is common in Latin America, especially in yerba mate (the herbal tea). The phrase mala hierba literally means 'weed', and the proverb mala hierba nunca muere is roughly 'a bad penny always turns up'.

Examples

"La hierba del jardín crece muy rápido."

Natural Translation

The grass in the garden grows very fast.

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