yerba

/ ˈjɜːbə, ˈjɛəbə /

noun

1. another name for maté

Word History and Origins

Origin of yerba¹

from Spanish yerba maté herb maté

Example Sentences

Martínez said she enjoyed trying Argentine specialties including empanadas and yerba mate and also came away with a deep fascination for Wilson’s phalaropes.

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“Yerba mate gives us harmony and strength,” said Isabelino Mendez, an Indigenous village chief in Misiones.

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To downsize the state, Milei seeks to scrap price controls and other regulations affecting a range of markets, including yerba mate.

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The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts event was among the most dramatic in a series of demonstrations about the Israel-Hamas war that have rocked the cultural sector in recent months with protests, withdrawals and other calls for boycotts.

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The event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in February was titled “Love Letter to SoMa,” after the San Francisco neighborhood that the contemporary art museum calls home.

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