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YERBA MANSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yerba mansa mean?
• YERBA MANSA (noun)
The noun YERBA MANSA has 1 sense:
1. stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone
Familiarity information: YERBA MANSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Anemopsis californica; yerba mansa
Hypernyms ("yerba mansa" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("yerba mansa" is a member of...):
Anemopsis; genus Anemopsis (one species: yerba mansa)
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