'Rhamnus Californica' definitions:

Definition of 'Rhamnus Californica'

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]