aren’t herbs

What on Earth is that bird’s definition of an “herb”? A pretty uncontroversial definition from Wikipedia:

Herbs generally refers to the leafy green or flowering parts of a plant (either fresh or dried), while spices are usually dried and produced from other parts of the plant, including seeds, bark, roots and fruits.

And what the goddamn hell is “true wood”? Rosemary is a woody shrub and, like basil, is in the family Lamiaceae with a bunch of other herbs.

“Shrubs” and “herbs” are not mutually exclusive. wtaf is the logic here; there’s pedantry, and then there’s fucking nonsense pulled out of thin air.