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Yerba is Spanish for herb, and thus one would think that mansa is also from Spanish as well, but all indications point to the fact that it is not. Mansa means tame, peaceful, calm in Spanish, and the plant has no sedative effect, nor did local people ever use it as a calming agent. Its primary use is as an antimicrobial, antibacterial, and ...
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Often, chamomile (manzanilla, in Spanish) and coconut are added to yerba in the gumpa. In the sweet version artificial sweeteners are also often added. As an alternative sweetener, natural ka'á he'é ( Stevia rebaudiana ) is preferred, which is an herb whose leaves are added in order to give a touch of sweetness.
The word mate is used in modern Portuguese and Spanish. The pronunciation of yerba mate in Spanish is [ˈɟʝeɾβa ˈmate]. [14] The stress on the word mAte falls on the first syllable. [14] The word hierba is Spanish for 'herb'; yerba is the variant spelling of hierba used throughout Latin America. [16] Yerba may be understood as 'herb', but ...
Yerba buena or hierba buena is the Spanish name for a number of aromatic plants, most of which belong to the mint family. Yerba buena translates as "good herb". The specific plant species regarded as yerba buena varies from region to region, depending on what grows wild in the surrounding landscape, or which species is customarily grown in ...
Anemopsis californica, also known as yerba mansa, native to western North America Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as: "current": AC (for "alternating current"); less commonly, DC (for "direct current"); or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics)
“Suits LA” arrives on Feb. 23, just six weeks after the devastating wildfires that destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena. Initially, the series was only going to be set in Los ...