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potherb

[ pot-urb, -hurb ]

noun

  1. any leafy green vegetable prepared as food by cooking in a pot, such as spinach, or herb added as seasoning in cooking, such as thyme.


potherb

/ ˈpɒtˌhɜːb /

noun

  1. any plant having leaves, flowers, stems, etc, that are used in cooking for seasoning and flavouring or are eaten as a vegetable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of potherb1

First recorded in 1530–40; pot 1 + herb
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Example Sentences

By good luck, Father Benet was walking at the moment of their arrival in his potherb garden.

Cattle are fond of the herbage, and the plants are considered excellent as potherbs and for salads.

It is a sweet little cottage, with a little garden in front of it, well stored with potherbs, "gilli-flowers gentle and rosemarie;" and has a little wicket gate opening to the road.

Chili plants and Cape gooseberries abounded, and many a potherb pleasant to behold and good in a curry.

"For my part, if I were the owner of the palace, I would bid my gardener cultivate nothing but savory potherbs to make a stuffing for roast meat, or to flavor a stew with."

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