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usually uncountable, plural herbages
Herbs collectively. examples
Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass. quotations examples
I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation.
1841, Edgar Allan Poe, A Descent into the Maelström
The dank breath of herbage, sodden with rain, came to her; the mists were barely visible, hovering above the dark ravines.
1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 97
The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants. examples
(law) The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land). examples