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yerba mansa
noun
stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone
Syn: ↑Anemopsis californica
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Anemopsis, ↑genus Anemopsis

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\\-ˈmän(t)sə; -ˈman-\ noun
Etymology: modification of Mexican Spanish yerba del manso, literally, farmhouse herb
: a stoloniferous herb (Anemiopsis californica) of the family Saururaceae of the western United States and Mexico with a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers subtended by a white involucre suggesting an anemone

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