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herbage

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English herbage, from Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”). By surface analysis, herb +‎ -age.

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herbage (usually uncountable, plural herbages)

  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, published 2005, page 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. (law) The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”). By surface analysis, herbe +‎ -age.

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herbage m (plural herbages)

  1. pasture
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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French herbage, and Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum; equivalent to herbe +‎ -age.

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  • IPA(key): /ɛrˈbaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ɛːrˈbaːd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

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herbage (uncountable)

  1. Herbage (herbaceous plants, especially grass)
  2. Vegetables; garden plants.
  3. The right of pasture.

Descendants

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  • English: herbage

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