hierba buena

• hierbabuena, yerbabuena, yerba buena

Literally, “good grass”. It is the linguistic opposite to mala hierba (“weed, bad grass”).

• Syllabification: hier‧ba bue‧na

hierba buena f (plural hierbas buenas)

1. spearmint, mint (Mentha spicata)

   Synonym: (peppermint) menta

• “hierba buena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28