YERBA SANTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yerba santa mean? 

• YERBA SANTA (noun)
  The noun YERBA SANTA has 1 sense:

1. viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses

  Familiarity information: YERBA SANTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YERBA SANTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eriodictyon californicum; yerba santa

Hypernyms ("yerba santa" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("yerba santa" is a member of...):

Eriodictyon; genus Eriodictyon (small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico)

 Context examples 

Extracted from the plant called yerba santa (holy herb), herbal polysaccharide saliva substitute contains plant mucins, which is nearly identical to that of human mucous membranes.

(Herbal Polysaccharide Saliva Substitute, NCI Thesaurus)