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comparative more herbaceous, superlative most herbaceous
(botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues. quotations examples
[…] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
1859, Shirley Hibberd, The Town Garden, page 53
(wine) Not woody in flavor. examples
(dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants. quotations examples
The hippopotamus is an herbaceous animal.
1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XL, page 490