herb Robert

a weedy geranium (Geranium robertianum) with strong-scented compound leaves and purple to pink flowers

Origin: ME herbe robert < ML herba Roberti: so named ? after Robert, Duke of Normandy or ? after St. Robert, founder of the Carthusians

See herb Robert in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A low-growing Eurasian plant (Geranium robertianum) having divided leaves and small reddish-purple flowers.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English herbe Robert

Origin: , from Old French erbe Robert

Origin: , from Medieval Latin herba Robertī

Origin: : Latin herba, herb

Origin: + Robertī

Origin: , genitive of Robertus, Robert

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