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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 ...
The area included Yerba Buena Cove, a favored anchorage, and the name was later extended to the Isla de la Yerba Buena (Yerba Buena Island), which faced the cove. In 1835, the civilian pueblo of Yerba Buena was founded on the shores of the cove, which would later grow into the American city of San Francisco.
Two years later, when Watters organized the traditional jazz band, the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, he joined it. [1] (Yerba Buena was the original name for San Francisco, California.) Except for three and a half years, from 1942 to 1946, when Scobey served in the U. S. Army during World War II, he remained in the band.
Mentha, also known as mint (from Greek μίνθα míntha, [2] Linear B mi-ta [3]), is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. [4] It is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist, but the exact distinction between species is unclear.
Yerba Buena Gardens, 24-acre (97,000 m 2) mixed-use development of an art center, theater, offices, retail, hotel, gardens; co-master planner and conceptual designer (1980) Aliamanu Valley Community , 525 buildings housing 11,500 people; Corps of Engineers, Honolulu, Hawaii (1979)
Satureja is a genus of aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae, related to rosemary and thyme.It is native to southern and southeastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
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Juana Briones de Miranda (c. 1802 – 1889) was a Californio ranchera, medical practitioner, and merchant, often remembered as the "Founding Mother of San Francisco", [1] [2] for her noted involvement in the early development of the city of San Francisco (then known as Yerba Buena).