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yerba

British  
/ ˈjɜːbə, ˈjɛəbə /

noun

  1. another name for maté

"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

Etymology

Origin of yerba

from Spanish yerba maté herb maté


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He’s a partial owner of the canned yerba mate brand Mateina, but he “loves it without bias.”

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

Finally, ian kicks off his sneakers, sits cross-legged on an office chair, cracks a can of yerba mate and presses play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

Over yerba mate and torta fritas, his mother, Ederlinda Miguelina Yelón, passed along the knowledge she had stored in Chaná, a throaty language spoken by barely moving the lips or tongue.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024

By 6 p.m., hundreds of people, mostly 20-somethings, were milling among the racks and drinking free cans of yerba mate.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023

Every Saturday night, her apartment filled with the heavenly smells of saffron, yerba buena, cilantro, and perejil.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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