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herbage

herbage

1 8.8
Green plants in fields like grass and herbs that grazing animals eat
  • noun
  • /ˈhɜːrbɪdʒ/
  • Specialized
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  • L3s were recovered from herbage samples from plots 3-4 weeks after the faeces had been deposited during May-October (Ramsey et al., 2004).

Examples

  • Now add the tomato paste and the herbage:

    Blog text (9)

  • What is more, the timescale may be adjusted and detailed according to the herbage growth and development stage.

    Academic text (2018)

  • With me along the strip of herbage strewn

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Let's give it some herbage and let it loose in the back pasture.

    Blog text (29)

  • Dehydration can prevent L3s from leaving the feces and gaining contact with herbage.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Yeah... surely I do imbibe in copious herbage... but I don't drink alcohol, I made straight A's... and I show the utmost respect for ladies.

    Senior Skip Day (2008)

  • However, the occurrence of drought in grassland will be related to herbage drought resistance, the topography of the study area, and local anti-drought measures.

    Academic text (2018)

  • They are broken and rugged; of volcanic origin; and where the scant herbage fails, their naked sides show tawny as a lion's hide.

    Blog text (22)

  • Conceive a dell deep-hollowed in forest secrecy; it lies in dimness and mist; its turf is dank, its herbage pale and humid.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The cows grazed peacefully on the lush herbage throughout the warm summer days.

Synonyms

pasture
vsherbage
102 1.4

Land with grass where farm animals eat

emphasizes the succulent plants themselves rather than the land or stored food
grassland
vsherbage
20 2.7

An open area covered mainly with grass where animals live or graze

is narrower focusing on the succulent plants eaten by grazing animals
forage
vsherbage
4 4.4

Bulky food like grass or hay fed to horses and cattle

describes fresh succulent plants eaten directly by grazing animals
grazing land
vsherbage
3 2.5

Land with grass where animals like cows or sheep eat

refers specifically to the succulent plants eaten rather than the grazing area
pastureland
vsherbage
2 3.7

Land covered with grass where cows or sheep eat

focuses on the succulent herbaceous plants growing there rather than the land
pasture land
vsherbage
2 2.6

Land with grass where farm animals eat

highlights the plants themselves, not the area they grow in
pasturage
vsherbage
1 8.2

Land with grass that animals like cows or horses eat

focuses on the succulent herbaceous plants themselves rather than the land
meadowland
vsherbage
1 3.1

Open land with grass and wildflowers where animals graze

means the succulent herbaceous plants themselves, not the whole scenic area

Surface Forms

herbage singular
herbages plural

Morphology

herbage = herb (semi-transparent) = herb + age

The word is formed from 'herb' + '-age', but the collective pastureland sense is somewhat specialized rather than fully predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

The word herbage comes from the common word herb ('small green plant' or 'grass') plus the ending -age ('a group of something'). So herbage means the plants or grass in a field—the group of plants that animals can eat or graze on.