"herbaceous" meaning in English

See herbaceous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /hə(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.ʃəs/ [UK], /(h)ɝˈbeɪ.ʃəs/ [US] Forms: more herbaceous [comparative], most herbaceous [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|herbāceus||grassy}} Latin herbāceus (“grassy”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} herbaceous (comparative more herbaceous, superlative most herbaceous)
  1. (botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (botany: not woody): geotek (Breton), herbaci (Catalan), nedřevnatý (Czech), urteagtig (Danish), kruidachtig (Dutch), ruohovartinen (Finnish), herbacé (French), herbáceo (Galician), krautig (German), ποώδης (poódis) (Greek), χορτώδης (chortódis) (Greek), erbaceo (Italian), māotaota (Maori), zielny (Polish), herbáceo (Portuguese), erbaceu (Romanian), ierbos (Romanian), травяно́й (travjanój) (Russian), травяни́стый (travjanístyj) (Russian), herbáceo (Spanish), otsu (Turkish), otsul (Turkish), llysieuol (Welsh)
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  2. (wine) Not woody in flavor. Categories (topical): Wine
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  3. (dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants. Tags: dated
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: herbaceously, herbaceousness, nonherbaceous
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          "ref": "1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XL, page 490:",
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        "(dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants."
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      "word": "herbaceously"
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      "word": "herbaceousness"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "ref": "1859, Shirley Hibberd, The Town Garden, page 53:",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
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        "(botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues."
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        "Not woody in flavor."
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        "(wine) Not woody in flavor."
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        "food",
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        "(dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants."
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "geotek"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "herbaci"
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      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "nedřevnatý"
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      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "urteagtig"
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      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "kruidachtig"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "ruohovartinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "herbacé"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "herbáceo"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "krautig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poódis",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "ποώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chortódis",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "χορτώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "erbaceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "māotaota"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "zielny"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "herbáceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "erbaceu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "ierbos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "travjanój",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "травяно́й"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "travjanístyj",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "травяни́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "herbáceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "otsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "otsul"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "botany: not woody",
      "word": "llysieuol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "herbaceous"
}

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