'Micromeria Douglasii' definitions:
Definition of 'Micromeria douglasii'
From: WordNet
noun
Trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers; used medicinally [syn: yerba buena, Micromeria chamissonis, Micromeria douglasii, Satureja douglasii]
Definition of 'Micromeria Douglasii'
From: GCIDE
- Yerba \Yer"ba\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) An herb; a plant. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint ({Mentha sativa}, Mentha viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). [1913 Webster]
- Yerba dol osa. [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica).
- Yerba mansa. [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians.
- Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia). [1913 Webster]