any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavouring, food, medicine, or perfume 芳草植物 bundles of dried herbs. 一捆捆干芳草。 [as modifier]a herb garden. 药草园。
(Botany)any seed-bearing plant which does not have a woody stem and dies down to the ground after flowering (植)草本植物
语源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin herba 'grass, green crops, herb'. Although herb has always been spelled with an h, pronunciation without it was usual until the 19th cent. and is still standard in the US