herbage
Americannoun
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nonwoody vegetation.
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the succulent parts, leaves and stems, of herbaceous plants.
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Law. the right to pasture one's cattle on another's land.
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British. vegetation grazed by animals; pasturage.
noun
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herbaceous plants collectively, esp the edible parts on which cattle, sheep, etc, graze
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the vegetation of pasture land; pasturage
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The climate is healthy and temperate, and produces good herbage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
But for those dedicated to the roughage life, Slatesters have recommendations about which sorts of herbage salad-lovers should get to know while they are remaining wary of romaine.
From Slate ● May 1, 2018
“The trees and herbage of every description, along the whole of the north and west sides of the peninsula,” reported one British official, “have been completely destroyed.”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2013
He also thinned out the herbage in Pynacker's immediate foreground.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2010
And here at last was something more definite—flattened herbage, and a small sapling bent over the verge and broken, as though some one had borne a weight upon it.
From Horace Chase by Constance Fenimore Woolson
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