herb
/hɜːb/noun
1
- any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavouring, food, medicine, or perfume芳草：
bundles of dried herbs
一捆捆干芳草
as modifier a herb garden.药草园。
2
- 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。
词源
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.