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Tag: hierbas

Definitions tagged hierbas in the street dictionary.

Másrubio

A medicinal herb grown in the Boconó region of Trujillo state, Venezuela. It is typically used in home remedies to treat throat and respiratory issues.

a Másrubio herbal tea and those sore throats will ease up a lot

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Mejorana

The name used in Venezuela for a wild perennial herb, specifically sweet marjoram. It has small, fragrant, simple leaves and is widely known for its various medicinal applications.

In the eastern region of Venezuela, Mejorana is used for medicinal purposes. It is good for earaches: you crush two leaves, add a bit of cooking oil, and soak a cotton ball in the mixture. You place this cotton in the outer ear canal of the affected ear to relieve pain and irritation.

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Pira larga

The Venezuelan name for a type of edible perennial herb with long, fleshy leaves, specifically the curly dock plant.

pira larga salads are delicious

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Palagrá

A type of grass in Venezuela that thrives in wet or seasonally flooded soil (scientifically known as Panicum purpurascens or Para grass, it is commonly used for cattle grazing).

with all the rain that field got covered in palagrá

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Funcia

A species of reed or sedge (Cyperus articulatus) with hollow stems and brown tufted spikes. It is harvested and woven to make sweat pads and pack saddles for work animals (a practice common in rural Venezuela).

I have to put the funcia on the horse before riding it.

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Siempreviva

An herb scientifically known as Gomphrena globosa L., used in alternative folk medicine to treat nervous conditions, depression, fatigue, and insomnia. (In Venezuelan folk medicine, this plant is frequently used as a remedy for respiratory ailments and anxiety.)

I cured my youngest son's shortness of breath by giving him Siempreviva water.

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Espadilla

A medicinal herb from the Sisyrinchium genus, Iridaceae family. It is used in herbal teas to treat the common cold and flu (native to the Venezuelan Andes and coastal regions).

Go look for some espadilla, because with all this rain the flu is definitely going to hit us early this year.

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Escoba amarga

A common wild herb (Parthenium hysterophorus) found in yards and gardens, featuring branched stems and small white flower heads. It is widely used as a folk remedy to treat skin rashes and itching by rubbing the plant on the body or using it in a bath. (The name literally means bitter broom, as its branches are traditionally used to make rustic sweeping tools).

a bath with escoba amarga got rid of the itchiness on my body from the mosquito bites I got at the park yesterday

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Empina

A clump of thorny restharrow or other thick weeds typical of the Salamanca region that obstruct or stop a plow. (Commonly used in rural areas of Spain where tough vegetation can damage farm equipment).

I told you that you should have checked for Empinas before you started plowing the field.

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