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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yerba  \Yer"ba\,  n.  [Sp.]  (Bot.) 
  An  herb;  a  plant. 
 
  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},  {viridis},  etc.),  but  in  California 
  universally  applied  to  a  common,  sweet-scented  labiate 
  plant  ({Micromeria  Douglasii}). 
 
  {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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