Definition of HERBAGE

herbage

Meanings

Plural: herbages

Noun

  • succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
  • Herbs collectively.
  • Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.
  • The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
  • The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

pasturage

Scrabble Score: 13

herbage is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 14

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