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herbaceous

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English

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinherbāceus(“grassy”).

Pronunciation

(UK)IPA^(key): /hə(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.ʃəs/
(US)IPA^(key): /(h)ɝˈbeɪ.ʃəs/^[1]
Rhymes:-eɪʃəs

Adjective

herbaceous (comparativemoreherbaceous,superlativemostherbaceous)

(botany) Notwoody, lackinglignifiedtissues.
- 1859, Shirley Hibberd,The Town Garden, page53:
  […] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs andherbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
(wine) Notwoody in flavor.
(dated) Feeding onherbs and soft plants.
- 1861,Charles John Andersson,Lake Ngami,chapter XL, page 490:
  The hippopotamus is anherbaceous animal.

Antonyms

woody

Derived terms

Translations

botany: not woody

Breton:geotek (br)
Catalan:herbaci (ca)
Czech:nedřevnatý
Danish:urteagtig
Dutch:kruidachtig (nl)
Finnish:ruohovartinen (fi)
French:herbacé (fr)
Galician:herbáceo (gl)
German:krautig (de)
Greek:ποώδης (el)(poódis),χορτώδης(chortódis)
Italian:erbaceo (it)
Maori:māotaota
Polish:zielny (pl)
Portuguese:herbáceo (pt)
Romanian:erbaceu,ierbos (ro)
Russian:травяно́й (ru)(travjanój),травяни́стый (ru)(travjanístyj)
Spanish:herbáceo (es)
Turkish:otsu (tr),otsul
Welsh:llysieuol

dated: feeding on herbs and soft plants

References

^“herbaceous”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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