herbaceous
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- adjective
- /hɜːrˈbeɪʃəs/
- Specialized
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herbáceo
- She prefers herbaceous varieties because they require less maintenance than woody plants.
- herbaceous vegetation
- herbaceous plants
- herbaceous species
Examples
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The genus Momordica includes 45 species of climbing herbaceous plants native to South Asia.
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The antagonist in my story is Aegopodium podograria, a pernicious sod-forming herbaceous groundcover that has run rampant over half of the garden beds.
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No, I put together a very, very herbaceous mix.
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Part of his lifelong war against the herbaceous border.
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The cottage garden features the herbaceous border and rambling rose.
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Bottom grass refers to valley bottoms, which are covered by herbaceous plants.
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It's hoppy and works well with the rosemary, slightly herbaceous and floral.
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An herbaceous perennial plant, it is among the most common plants in the swampy lowlands there.
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Other habitats include herbaceous seepage bogs and blackwater streams.
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The third model relies primarily on using annual or herbaceous crops such as kenaf, hemp, and bagasse as a substitute for wood fiber.
Academic text (1997)
Antonyms
Compounds
How Herbaceous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word herbaceous comes from the Latin root herba meaning 'herb' or 'grass', the same idea you see in English herb, and the ending -aceous meaning 'like' or 'having the nature of'. So herbaceous means 'like an herb', which is why it describes plants that are soft, green and not woody.