Herbaceous

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  • adjective. Relating to or characteristic of an herb as distinguished from a woody plant.
  • adjective. Green and leaflike in appearance or texture.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of herbs.
  • Feeding on vegetables; herbivorous.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb
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  • adjective. Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.
  • adjective. Not woody in flavor
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  • adjective. characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part
    • Word Usage
    "He's coming up to ask me about something he calls a herbaceous border."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    woody  
    cross-reference
    herbaceous plants  herbaceous stem  
    Equivalent
    nonwoody  
    Form
    herbaceousness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ignatius  audacious  capacious  ceraceous  crustaceous  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arborescent  biennial  bitterish  cool-season  flowerless  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    botanic  bulbous  cereal  farinaceous  fruitlike  
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