noun. The Paraguay tea, or mate. See mate. Abbreviated from yerba de mate or yerba-mate.

noun. An herb; a plant.

noun. A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica).

noun. A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians.

noun. A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).

noun. Ilex paraguaiensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant

"A native of western North America, S. douglasii, is known as yerba buena in California, and has a mild, mint-like flavor."

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