Grass vs. Herb

Grass vs. Herb — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Grass and Herb

Grassnoun

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.

Herbnoun

(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.

Grassnoun

(countable) Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.

Herbnoun

(countable) A plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.

If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?

Grassnoun

(uncountable) A lawn.

Herbnoun

Marijuana.

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Grassnoun

Marijuana.

Herbnoun

A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season

Grassnoun

An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.

Herbnoun

Grass; herbage.

Grassnoun

Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.

Herbnoun

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

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Grassnoun

Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.

Herbnoun

aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

Grassnoun

The season of fresh grass; spring.

Grassnoun

That which is transitory.

Grassverb

(transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).

Grassverb

To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

Grassverb

(transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.

Grassverb

(transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.

Grassverb

(transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.

to grass a fish

Grassnoun

narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

Grassnoun

German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)

Grassnoun

animal food for browsing or grazing

Grassnoun

street names for marijuana

Grassverb

shoot down, of birds

Grassverb

cover with grass;

The owners decided to grass their property

Grassverb

spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach

Grassverb

cover with grass

Grassverb

feed with grass

Grassverb

give away information about somebody;

He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam