erva — meaning in English
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English meaning
- grass noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
- herb noun A plant used to flavour food, especially the leaves.
- plant noun A living organism, typically rooted in soil, that makes its own food through photosynthesis — trees, flowers, grasses, and similar life forms.
- pot noun A round container, usually with a handle, used for cooking or holding things such as plants.
- puff noun A short burst of breath, air, or smoke.
Senses
erva is used for these senses in English:
- grass (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.
- herb (countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
- herb (countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
- herb (uncountable, slang) Cannabis.
- plant (botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
- pot (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
- puff (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
grass — full definition
- noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
- noun Marijuana (informal).
- noun British informal: an informer who reports criminals or wrongdoers to the authorities.
- verb British informal: to inform on someone to the police or another authority.
herb — full definition
- noun A plant used to flavour food, especially the leaves.
- noun A plant used in traditional or alternative medicine.