herbage
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herbage
- /ˈhəːbɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈ(h)ɚbɪd͡ʒ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English herbage, from Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”). By surface analysis, herb + -age.
noun herbages
- Herbs collectively.
- Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass. I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation.
- The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
- The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).
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noun herbaceous plant growth, especially grass
| Русский | травосто́й travostój |
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