herbaceous

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  1. adjective Relating to or characteristic of an herb as distinguished from a woody plant.
  2. adjective Green and leaflike in appearance or texture.

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  • If you are thinking back to a time you tried a New Zealand wine and thought it tasted too herbaceous, you have to try it again. —  Vail Daily - Top Stories
  • I've also found long 'labels lists' i.e. lists of plants a Head Gardener (HG) sends to HQ, so that interpretive labels can be ordered centrally and issued for 'planting' in the garden - used particularly for the herbaceous elements where tags would fall off when the plant dies down. —  British Blogs
  • Pineapples are herbaceous, terrestrial members of the Bromeliad family —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • "I'd go for a margarita, because I like the herbaceous taste of tequila with herb-based sauces," says Willoughby. —  Ottaway Online Editors
  • Pineapples are herbaceous, terrestrial members of the Bromeliad family leaves are large, at one to three feet in length, and grow from the soil at the base of the stem —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
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  1. From Latin herbāceus, from herba, herb.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese herbaceo = Italian erbaceo, from Latin herbaceus, grassy, grass-colored, from herba, grass: see herb.
 

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/hərˈbeɪʃɪəs/
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