Español > hierba: 7 sentidos > nombre 1, plant| Sentido | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
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| Sinónimos | herbácea, planta herbácea |
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| Partes | hortaliza, legumbre, verdura, verduras | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant |
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| Específico | Cephalotus follicularis | A carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges |
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| Micromeria chamissonis, Micromeria douglasii, Satureja douglasii, yerba buena | Trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers |
| Pritzelago alpina | small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems |
| Tetragonia expansa | coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers |
| Vinca rosea | commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers |
| abelmoschus esculentus, chimbombó, guingambó, Hibiscus esculentus, molondrón, ñajú, okra, quimbombó, quingombó | tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews |
| acanto | Any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers |
| acedera, romaza | Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine |
| achillea, aquilea | Any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads |
| agrimonia | A plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers |
| ajedrea | Any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees |
| ajonjolí, alegría, sésamo, sesamum indicum | East Indian annual erect herb |
| alazor, carthamus tinctorius | thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil |
| albahaca | Any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum |
| alcaravea, carum carvi | A Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed |
| alecost | tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers |
| alforfón, fagopyrum esculentum, Polygonum fagopyrum | A member of the genus Fagopyrum |
| alholva, fenogreco | Annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry |
| alquequenje | Any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
| amaranthus, amaranto | Any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers |
| amargón, colleja, diente de león | Any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls |
| ananá, ananas comosus, ananás, piña | A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves |
| anchusa | Any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers |
| andryala | Any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers |
| anethum graveolens, eneldo | aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning |
| angelica, angélica, angelique | Any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels |
| anthriscus cerefolium, cerafolio, cerefolio, perifolio, perifollo | aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads |
| anís, matalahúga, pimpinella anisum | Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery |
| apio, apium graveolens | Widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked |
| apio nabo | Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root |
| argemone | Any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods |
| arum, yaro | Any plant of the family Araceae |
| asclepiadácea | Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts |
| asclepiadácea | Any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae |
| asparagus officinales, asparagus officinalis, espárrago | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
| aspidistra elatio, aspidistra | evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves |
| astilbe | Any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers |
| astrancia, astrantia, masterwort, peucedanum ostruthium | Any plant of the genus Astrantia |
| ayapana | Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea |
| banana, bananero, banano, plátano | Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits |
| barbón, salsifí, tragopogon | Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root |
| barrenwort | Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems |
| bedstraw, cuajaleche | Any of several plants of the genus Galium |
| beleño, beleño negro | poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers |
| belladona | perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries |
| berenjena, solanum melongena | hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable |
| bergenia | Any plant of the genus Bergenia |
| borago officinalis, borraja, tailwort | hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach |
| botón de oro, francesilla, ranúnculo | Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus |
| breakstone, saxífraga, saxifraga | Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga |
| calamint | perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America |
| camomila, chamaemelum nobilis, manzanilla | Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally |
| campanilla, campánula | Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers |
| candelaria, gordolobo, verbascum | Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers |
| canónigo, colleja | A plant of the genus Valerianella |
| capuchina | Any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers |
| carda, cardencha, escobilla, teasle, teazel | Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts |
| cardamomo, elettaria cardamomum | rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning |
| catmint, catnip, nébeda | hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike |
| cañacoro | Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers |
| celidonia, impatiens capensis | North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers |
| celosia argentea cristata, celosia cristata | garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers |
| cenizo | Any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers |
| chaenactis | Any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers |
| chirivía, pastinaca | A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root |
| chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, piretro | white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below |
| cichorium intybus | perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads |
| cilantro, coriandro, coriandrum sativum, culantro | Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley |
| citronela, melisa, toronjil | bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves |
| cleome | Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers |
| coleus, solenostemon | Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers |
| comino, Cuminum cyminum | Dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds |
| coreopsis | Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods |
| crotalaria | Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle |
| crucífera | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae |
| cumfrey, symphytum | perennial herbs of Europe and Iran |
| curcuma domestica, Curcuma domestica, curcuma longa, cúrcuma | Widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome |
| daucus carota, zanahoria | perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots |
| dedalera, digitalis, digital | Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis |
| draba | Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems |
| endibia, endivia, escarola | Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green |
| eruca sativa, jaramago, oruga, roqueta, ruca, rúcula | Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender |
| escorzonera | perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots / carrots |
| esparceta, esparcet, onobrychis, pipirigallo | Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods |
| esperifollo verde | coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America |
| flox, phlox | Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox |
| fragaria, fresa, frutilla | Any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry |
| fraxinella | Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather |
| fárfara, tusilago, uña de caballo | perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do |
| galax | tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall |
| geranio, geranium | Any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae |
| ginseng, nin-sin, panax | Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers |
| glycyrrhiza glabra, regaliz | deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves |
| gramínea, gramíneas | cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves |
| granos de paraiso | West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds |
| gromwell | European perennial branching plant |
| gualda, reseda | Any plant of the genus Reseda |
| halogeton | A coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia |
| hedeoma pulegioides | Erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers |
| hepatica, hepática, liverleaf | Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring |
| heracleum | tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers |
| herbaje, pasto | succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land |
| hieracium | Any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion |
| hinojo | Any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems |
| hisopo, hyssopus | A European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery |
| hortaliza, legumbre, vegetal, verdura | Any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower |
| hydrastis canadensis | perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock / rootstock and large rounded leaves |
| inula | Any plant of the genus Inula |
| jaramago | stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers |
| jengibre, zingiber officinale | perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems |
| kniphofia, tritoma | A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers |
| krigia | Any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia |
| lactuca sativa, lechuga | Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca |
| legumbre, leguminosa, planta leguminosa | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
| leopardbane, leopard's-bane | Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads |
| levisticum officinale | herb native to southern Europe |
| lion's-ear | pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers |
| llantén | Any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago |
| loasa | Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers |
| lobelia | Any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia |
| lunaria annua, satinpod | Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration |
| malcoraje, mercurial | Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed |
| mandrágora, Mandragora officinarum, mandrágula | A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers |
| manzanilla de Castilla | annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior |
| maranta | Any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves |
| marrubio | Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium |
| martynia | sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit |
| martynia fragrans, proboscidea fragans, torito | A herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea |
| matricaria, tanacetum parthenium | bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads |
| menta | Any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers |
| miterwort, mitrewort | Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter |
| monarda | Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda |
| myosotis, nomeolvides, raspilla | small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers |
| nemophila | Any plant of the genus Nemophila |
| nierembergia | Any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers |
| onagra | Any of several plants of the family Onagraceae |
| orache | Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes |
| orégano, origanum | Any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings |
| oxalis | Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis |
| peperomia | Any of various plants of the genus Peperomia |
| perejil | Annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves |
| physostegia | Any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers |
| pia | perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia |
| pica-pica | A stinging herb of tropical America |
| pimpinela, poterium sanguisorba | European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads |
| pimpinela | Any of several plants of the genus Anagallis |
| pipsissewa | Any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila |
| planta carnívora | plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals |
| planta umbelífera, umbelífera | Any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae |
| plombagina | Any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago |
| polemonium | Any plant of the genus Polemonium |
| primavera, prímula | Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads |
| pyrola | Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola |
| romero, rosmarinus officinalis | Widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery |
| ruda, ruta | European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves |
| ruibarbo | plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps |
| rábano picante | coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root |
| salpiglossis | Any plant of the genus Salpiglossis |
| salvia | Any of various plants of the genus Salvia |
| sanguinaria canadensis, sanguinaria | perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties |
| sawwort | European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye |
| sedum | Any of various plants of the genus Sedum |
| simple | Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties |
| solanum lycopersicum, tomate, tomatera | Native to South America |
| spiderwort | Any plant of the family Commelinaceae |
| stapelia | Any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers |
| stevia | Any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers |
| tabaco | aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs |
| thymus, tomillo | Any of various mints of the genus Thymus |
| tiarella | stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant |
| trébol, trifolium | A plant of the genus Trifolium |
| verdolaga | A plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb |
| vernonia | Any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions / regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue |
| viola, violeta | Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola |
| wasabi | A Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root |
| waterleaf | Any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum |
| yerba mansa | stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock / rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone |
| árnica | Any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica |
| General | planta vascular, tracheophyte, traqueofita, traqueófita | green plant having a vascular system |
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| Inglés | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Catalán | herbàcia, herba, planta herbàcia |
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| Adjetivo | herbario | Of or relating to herbs |
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