herbaceous
adjective/hɜːˈbeɪʃəs/
/ɜːrˈbeɪʃəs/, /hɜːrˈbeɪʃəs/
(specialist)- connected with plants that have soft stems
- a herbaceous plant
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHerbaceous is used with these nouns:- plant
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin herbaceus ‘grassy’ (from herba ‘grass, herb’) + -ous.Definitions on the go
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