herbaceous.html - adj.
of or like herbs (see HERB 1).

herbaceous border a garden border containing esp. perennial flowering plants. herbaceous perennial a plant whose growth dies down annually but whose roots etc. survive. [L herbaceus grassy (as HERB)]

herbaceous.html - adj.
of or like herbs (see HERB 1).

herbaceous border a garden border containing esp. perennial flowering plants. herbaceous perennial a plant whose growth dies down annually but whose roots etc. survive. [L herbaceus grassy (as HERB)]

herbaceous.html - n.
1 herbs collectively.
2 the succulent part of herbs, esp. as pasture.
3 Law the right of pasture on another person's land. [ME f. OF erbage f. med.L herbaticum, herbagium right of pasture, f. L herba herb]

herbaceous.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

of herbs in medicinal and culinary use.

--n.

a book with descriptions and accounts of the properties of these. [med.L herbalis (as HERB)]

herbaceous.html - n.
1 a dealer in medicinal herbs.
2 a person skilled in herbs, esp. an early botanical writer.

herbaceous.html - n.
(pl. herbaria)
1 a systematically arranged collection of dried plants.
2 a book, room, or building for these. [LL (as HERB)]