English Explanatory Dictionary

yerba buena

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A perennial herb native to North America, Satureja douglasii, having white or purple flowers and a mint-like fragrance.
name
  1. A Spanish settlement founded on the 29th of June, 1776 near the northeastern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, California; captured by United States forces during the Mexican–American War, it was renamed San Francisco on the 30th of January, 1847.
  2. A city and department of Tucumán, in northern Argentina.

Word forms

yerba buena

Etymology

From Spanish hierba buena (mint).

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