herb garden
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- noun
- /hɜrb ˈɡɑrdən/
- She enjoys picking fresh basil and parsley from her herb garden for her meals.
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Watch on YouTubeThis one smells like I'm walking through an herb garden.
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Examples
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One of the most common herbs grown in herb gardens is basil.
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I'm hoping to start a herb garden.
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- We got a beautiful little herb garden over here.
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Look at that herb garden.
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This is in the herb garden, which is one of my favorite places to go.
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I want to cook meat; I want an herb garden and a chicken house.
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In the center of one wall was an open window that made the small herb garden outside seem part of the room.
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Oh, I think I'm gonna work in the herb garden a little.
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The pleasure of an herb garden grows with every new plant that finds a home there.
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Fresh mint is a wonderful addition to a herb garden, but it can quickly take over your entire yard.
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Synonyms
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A small area near a house where people grow vegetables and herbs for the home
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The plants people grow at home for food or beauty
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A place or collection of plants used for medicine
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Morphology
The meaning 'a garden where herbs are grown' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'herb' (plants used for flavor/medicine) with 'garden' (a cultivated outdoor plot). This noun+noun compositional pattern is common across languages and follows a standard English compounding pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Herb garden comes from the simple idea of a small place where people grow useful herbs. The word herb means plants used for 'cooking' or 'medicine' and garden means a plot for growing plants, so herb garden is a garden for those plants.