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herbaceous

adj
/hə(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.ʃəs/UK/(h)ɝˈbeɪ.ʃəs/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).

  1. borrowed from herbāceus

Definitions

  1. Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.

    • […] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.

  2. Not woody in flavor.

  3. Feeding on herbs and soft plants.

    • The hippopotamus is an herbaceous animal.

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Derived

herbaceously, herbaceousness, nonherbaceous, subherbaceous

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA