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 

• YERBA MANSA (noun)

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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)