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WMX June 02, 2007 11:28 AM

Wheat grass and barley grass
 
I was wondering if anyone could help me with this. I've looked up wheat and barley (trigo and cebada), which I'm pretty sure are right, but I can't figure out how I should say wheat grass and barley grass, which is the young, new growth of the plant that you can use to make drinks etc.

Thanks.

celador June 02, 2007 01:33 PM

herbia del triago or brote de / sprout, shoot

sosia June 04, 2007 12:31 AM

hierba de(l) trigo y hierba de (la) cebada

v9 June 04, 2007 05:58 PM

Does hierba or yerba also means weed (grass, pot) ?

sosia June 05, 2007 12:22 AM

I'm no good at english, I think weed it's "mala hierba " (bad grass) but I'm not sure.

In Spain it's better to write hierba ( hierbas aromáticas, las hierbas de un jardín,..), yerba it's more for certain uses (a plant in Argentina: Yerba= las hojas secas y molidas de la yerba mate para preparar justamente el mate)

But the Spanish Language Academy accepts both (hierba/yerba) for the grass.

WMX June 30, 2007 03:18 AM

Thanks celador and sosia por las respuestas! :)


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