Herbaceous
[hɜː'beɪʃəs] or [ɝ'beʃəs]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
Checker: Wayne
Examples
- Mr. Snagsby appears, greasy, warm, herbaceous, and chewing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Again, islands often possess trees or bushes belonging to orders which elsewhere include only herbaceous species; now trees, as Alph. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Checker: Wayne