herbage

[ur-bij, hur-]

herb·age

[ur-bij, hur-]
noun
1.
nonwoody vegetation.
2.
the succulent parts, leaves and stems, of herbaceous plants.
3.
Law. the right to pasture one's cattle on another's land.
4.
British. vegetation grazed by animals; pasturage.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < French; see herb, -age

her·baged, adjective
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herbage (ˈhɜːbɪdʒ)
 
n
1.  herbaceous plants collectively, esp the edible parts on which cattle, sheep, etc, graze
2.  the vegetation of pasture land; pasturage

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