yerba

/ ˈjɜːbə; ˈjɛəbə /

noun

1. another name for maté

Word History and Origins

Origin of yerba¹

from Spanish yerba maté herb maté

Example Sentences

“Yerba mate gives us harmony and strength,” said Isabelino Mendez, an Indigenous village chief in Misiones.

From Seattle Times

To downsize the state, Milei seeks to scrap price controls and other regulations affecting a range of markets, including yerba mate.

From Seattle Times

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts event was among the most dramatic in a series of demonstrations about the Israel-Hamas war that have rocked the cultural sector in recent months with protests, withdrawals and other calls for boycotts.

From New York Times

The event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in February was titled “Love Letter to SoMa,” after the San Francisco neighborhood that the contemporary art museum calls home.

From New York Times

Over yerba mate and torta fritas, his mother, Ederlinda Miguelina Yelón, passed along the knowledge she had stored in Chaná, a throaty language spoken by barely moving the lips or tongue.

From New York Times