herbage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French herbage and Old French erbage, from Medieval Latin herbaticum, from Latin herba (“grass”); alternatively, herb + -age.
Pronunciation
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Noun
herbage (usually uncountable, plural herbages)
- Herbs collectively.
- Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.
- 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘A Descent into the Maelström’:
- I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 97:
- The dank breath of herbage, sodden with rain, came to her; the mists were barely visible, hovering above the dark ravines.
- 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘A Descent into the Maelström’:
- The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
- (law) The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).
Translations
herbs collectively
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herbaceous plant growth, especially grass
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fleshy, often edible, parts of plants
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right of pasture
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French
Etymology
From Old French erbage, from Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”); equivalent to herbe + -age.
Pronunciation
Noun
herbage m (plural herbages)
Related terms
Further reading
- “herbage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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