Definition of "potherb" []

• A plant whose leaves, stems, or flowers are cooked and eaten or used as seasoning. (noun)

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• "The species name, oleracea is Latin, meaning "potherb.""
• "The plant is also good for bug bites, burns (including sunburn) and is eaten as a potherb in the spring."
• "Through the widest of this meadow ran a clear stream winding down to the lake, and on a little knoll beside a lap of the said stream, two bow-shots from the water, was a knoll, whereon stood, amidst of a potherb garden,"