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Hérault
Hérault (department 34), a southern French department in Occitanie created in 1790 from Languedoc, prefecture Montpellier, 341 communes, 1,230,289 inhabitants in 2023, fast-growing with high unemployment and poverty.
Herb
Herb: botanically, a non-woody plant whose stem dies back yearly; in common use, plants used for flavoring, medicine, and perfume. Key facts: fresh-to-dried ratio 3:1, 0 C storage, USD 5.9 billion fresh herb market.
Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert (born 1935) is an American trumpeter who led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss in 1962; nine Grammys, 72 million records sold, and the only artist with both a No. 1 vocal and No. 1 instrumental single.
Herb Baumeister
Herb Baumeister, also suspected as the I-70 Strangler, was an Indiana businessman linked to about 10,000 charred remains at Fox Hollow Farm, Westfield; he died by suicide in Canada in 1996, and DNA work since 2022 has identified over a dozen victims.
Herb Brooks
Herb Brooks (Herbert Paul Brooks, 1937-2003), American hockey coach of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" U.S. Olympic gold medal team; also coached Minnesota to three NCAA titles and the 2002 Olympic silver medalists.
Herb Caen
Herb Caen (Herbert Eugene Caen), San Francisco columnist whose 'It's News to Me' column, also called three-dot journalism and Baghdad by the Bay, ran 58 years in the Chronicle and Examiner; special 1996 Pulitzer winner.
Herb Conaway
Herb Conaway, also known as Herbert C. Conaway, Jr., is an American politician and physician serving as the U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 3rd district since 2025.
Herb Dean
Herb Dean (Herbert Dean) is an American mixed martial arts referee and certified trainer who has officiated more than 1,250 UFC fights across three decades in the sport.
Herb Edelman
Herb Edelman (Herbert Edelman, 1933–1996), American character actor known as Stanley Zbornak on The Golden Girls and the Telephone Man in Barefoot in the Park on Broadway and film.
Herb Elliott
Herb Elliott (Herbert James Elliott, born 1938), Australian runner, 1960 Rome Olympic 1500m gold in world record 3:35.6; mile record 3:54.5; never beaten over 1500m or mile; coached by Percy Cerutty.
Herb Grosch
Herb Grosch, born Herbert Reuben John Grosch in 1918, was a Canadian-born astronomer who became an early computing pioneer and ACM president from 1976 to 1978.
Herb Kelleher
Herb Kelleher, also known as Herbert David Kelleher, was an American lawyer who co-founded Southwest Airlines. He pioneered the low-cost airline model and served as CEO.
Herb Kohl
Herb Kohl, also known as Herbert H. Kohl, was a Milwaukee retail executive who served four terms as a Democratic US Senator from Wisconsin and owned the Milwaukee Bucks.
Herb Mckenley
Herb McKenley (Herbert Henry McKenley, "Hustling Herb"), Jamaican sprinter, 1922-2007; Olympic 4x400m relay gold and three silvers, 400m/440y world record holder, only man in Olympic finals at 100, 200, and 400m.
Herb Morris
Herb Morris (Herbert Roger Morris, 1915-2009), American rower and University of Washington bow-seat oarsman who won gold in the men's eights at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; later a mechanical engineer at Manson Construction.
Herb Pennock
Herb Pennock (Herbert Jefferis Pennock), Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher (1894-1948) for the Athletics, Red Sox, and Yankees; 241-162, 3.60 ERA, 5-0 in World Series play, elected 1948.
Herb Ritts
Herb Ritts (Herbert Ritts Jr., 1952–2002) was a Los Angeles-based American photographer famed for natural-lit black-and-white fashion, nude, and celebrity portraits, who also directed music videos for Madonna and Michael Jackson.
Herb Score
Herb Score (Herbert Jude Score), American left-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox; 1955 AL Rookie of the Year with 245 strikeouts; career shortened by a 1957 line-drive eye injury, then a 30-year Cleveland broadcaster.
Herb Wright
Herb Wright (1917–2015) was an American Quaternary geologist and paleoecologist at the University of Minnesota, known for reconstructing North America's vegetational and climatic history from lake sediments.
Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plant: a non-woody vascular plant whose above-ground parts die back seasonally; includes annuals, biennials, and perennials; about half of angiosperm species; lacks secondary growth.
Herbal cigarette
Herbal cigarette: tobacco-free, nicotine-free cigarette made of flowers and herbs; smoke still contains tar, carbon monoxide, and mutagens; marketed as quit aid despite unsupported health claims.
Herbal medicine
Herbal medicine, also known as phytotherapy, is healing that uses plant parts such as roots, leaves, flowers, and seeds to maintain health and treat illness.
Herbal medicine in veterinary practice
Herbal medicine in veterinary practice, also called veterinary phytotherapy, uses medicinal plants to prevent or treat disease in animals, prescribed or supervised by a licensed veterinarian.
Herbal tea
Herbal tea, also called tisane, is a hot-water infusion of plants other than Camellia sinensis, usually caffeine-free; prepared by infusion, decoction, or maceration, with a small clinical evidence base and documented herb–drug interaction risks.
Herbalife
Herbalife, also known as Herbalife Nutrition, is a multi-level marketing company selling weight-management and nutritional supplements, founded by Mark Hughes in 1980 in California, where he began selling weight-loss products from his car.
Herbario del museo de historia natural de la universidad ricardo palma
HURP, Herbario del Museo de Historia Natural "Vera Alleman Haeghebaert", Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima; Index Herbariorum-registered herbarium, SERFOR depositary (AUT-ICND-2018-008, 2018), main collections Orchidaceae and Asteraceae.
Herbario nacional
Herbario Nacional de Costa Rica (CR), the national herbarium of Costa Rica at the Museo Nacional in San José: founded 1887, about 500,000 specimens, roughly 4,500 types, largest herbarium in Central America.
Herbario paul c . standley
Herbario Paul C. Standley (EAP), herbarium of Zamorano's Escuela Agrícola Panamericana in Honduras, founded 1943, renamed 1964; largest Honduran collection, over 200,000 sheets, most type specimens in Central America.
Herbarium
The herbarium: a collection of dried, pressed plant specimens arranged by family, genus and species for study. 4,035 active herbaria hold about 406 million specimens; Kew's holds around seven million, and digitization is unlocking their climate and biodiversity data.
Herbarium collections
Herbarium collections are preserved, labeled plant specimens kept for long-term study; over 350 million exist worldwide, exemplified by Prague's PRC herbarium (founded 1775, over 2.2 million specimens), used in taxonomy, biogeography, and conservation.