anemopsis californica

2 definitions found

anemopsis californica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Yerba \Yer"ba\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
     An herb; a plant.
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     Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in
           Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name
           applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa
           , Mentha viridis, etc.), but in California
           universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate
           plant (Micromeria Douglasii).
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Yerba dol osa. [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of
        buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica).
  
     Yerba mansa. [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant
        (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic
        rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the
        Indians.
  
     Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low
        California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).
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anemopsis californica - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Anemopsis californica
      n 1: stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico
           having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with
           white bracts suggesting an anemone [syn: yerba mansa,
           Anemopsis californica]