yerba santa

1. 1.

   viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses

   SynonymsEriodictyon californicum

   Broadershrub

   Part ofEriodictyon

Questions about yerba santa

What does yerba santa mean?

yerba santa means "viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses".

What is another word for yerba santa?

Close synonyms include Eriodictyon californicum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yerba santa a common word?

yerba santa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.