трава́ — meaning in English

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.
• tree noun A tall woody plant with a single trunk and branches.

Senses

трава́ is used for these senses in English:

• grass (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
• 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.
• tree (often in the plural, slang) Marijuana.

grass — full definition

1. noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
2. noun Marijuana (informal).
3. noun British informal: an informer who reports criminals or wrongdoers to the authorities.
4. verb British informal: to inform on someone to the police or another authority.

herb — full definition

1. noun A plant used to flavour food, especially the leaves.
2. noun A plant used in traditional or alternative medicine.

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