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adjective characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-dʰ? Latin herba Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin herbāceusbor. English herbaceous Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).
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