herbage

[ ur-bij, hur- ]

/ ˈɜr bɪdʒ, ˈhɜr- /

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noun

nonwoody vegetation.

the succulent parts, leaves and stems, of herbaceous plants.

Law. the right to pasture one's cattle on another's land.

British. vegetation grazed by animals; pasturage.

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Origin of herbage

1350–1400; Middle English <French; see herb, -age

OTHER WORDS FROM herbage

herbaged, adjective

Words nearby herbage

Herat, Hérault, herb, herbaceous, herbaceous border, herbage, herbal, herbalism, herbalist, herbal tea, herbarium

How to use herbage in a sentence

It was the merest baby—half-an-ounce, perhaps—and it fell from the hook into the herbage some yards from the stream.
Uncanny Tales|Various
It immediately destroys all sorts of moss, makes a tender herbage spring up, and eradicates a number of weeds.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
They bounded through the tall herbage "like grasshoppers" and were remarkably agile in climbing.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
If the herbage or other food affect the taste of the milk or cream, it will also modify the flavor of the cheese.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen

Herbage and pasture are wanting in this country, as is also the ox, whose place is supplied by the camel.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

British Dictionary definitions for herbage

herbage

/ (ˈhɜːbɪdʒ) /

noun

herbaceous plants collectively, esp the edible parts on which cattle, sheep, etc, graze

the vegetation of pasture land; pasturage

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