herb-of-grace

herb-of-grace
/errb"euhv grays", herrb"-/, n., pl. herbs-of-grace. Archaic.
rue2.
[1540-50; so called from the assoc. of RUE2 (the plant name) with RUE1 (repent, repentance)]

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  • Herb Christopher — Herb Herb ([ e]rb or h[ e]rb; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh food, pasture, fe rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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