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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
herbaceous (comparative more herbaceous, superlative most herbaceous)
- (botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.
1859, Shirley Hibberd, The Town Garden, page 53:[…] 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.
- (wine) Not woody in flavor.
- (dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants.
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Translations
dated: feeding on herbs and soft plants
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