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語源

From yerba mate.

名詞

yerba (usually uncountable, 複数形 yerbas)

1. Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.
   • 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle‎^[1]:

     The storehouses at Talcahuano had been burst open, and great bags of cotton, yerba, and other valuable merchandise were scattered on the shore.

   • 1854, P. L. Simmonds, The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom‎^[2]:

     This was the place at which the leaves and small sprigs of the yerba tree, when brought from the woods, were first scorched--fire being set to the logs of wood within it.

   • 1910, Various, Argentina From A British Point Of View‎^[3]:

     His preparations for breakfast are simple, and he is ready to start out after half an hour spent in imbibing a few mates full of yerba infusion.

派生語

Further reading

• Yerba mate on Wikipedia.
• Ilex paraguariensis on Wikispecies.

アナグラム

• Bayer, Beary, Earby, Yebra, barye, bayer, beary, beray, by ear