herbaceous

comparative more herbaceous · superlative most herbaceous

1. biologyNot woody, lacking lignified tissues.

   […] 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.

   1859, Shirley Hibberd, The Town Garden, page 53

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   Iversen holds that these changes indicate the arrival of farmers, the phase of Landnam or land occupation, that the charcoal comes from clearance fires; that herbaceous pollen suggests the opening-up of the land; cereals, fields; the plantains, weeds; and birch and hazel, regeneration of the forests after the exhaustion of the plot.

   1958 [1946], Frederick E. Zeuner, Dating The Past: An Introduction To Geochronology, fourth edition, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., pages 78-79

2. beveragesNot woody in flavor.

   The sommelier noted strong herbaceous notes of thyme and lemongrass in the sauvignon blanc.

3. datedFeeding on herbs and soft plants.

   The hippopotamus is an herbaceous animal.

   1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XL, page 490