From Middle English herbage, from Old French erbage, from la-eme herbāticum, from Latin herba.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhəːbɪd͡ʒ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈ(h)ɚbɪd͡ʒ/

herbage (uncountable)

1. Herbs collectively.
2. 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.

3. The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
4. (legal) The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).

• Russian: травосто́й