herbage

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈhəːbɪdʒ/

Noun

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.

   • 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.

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).

Translations

• Russian: травосто́й

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