herbage

UK: /ˈhɜːbɪdʒ/ US: (ûr′bij, hûr′-)

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herb•age  (ûr′bij, hûr′-), n. 

1. Botany nonwoody vegetation.
2. Botany the succulent parts, leaves and stems, of herbaceous plants.
3. Law the right to pasture one's cattle on another's land.
4. British Terms vegetation grazed by animals;
   pasturage.

• French; see herb, -age
• Middle English 1350–1400

her′baged, adj. 

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herbage / ˈhɜːbɪdʒ/ noun

1. herbaceous plants collectively, esp the edible parts on which cattle, sheep, etc, graze
2. the vegetation of pasture land; pasturage