herbage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.

   I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation.

2. 2
   noun

   succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land

3. 3
   noun

   Herbs collectively.

4. 4
   noun

   The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.

From Middle English herbage, from Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”). By surface analysis, herb + -age.

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