Herbage

  • 101graz´ing|ly — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …

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  • 102graz´er — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …

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  • 103graze´a|ble — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …

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  • 104graz´a|ble — graze1 «grayz», verb, grazed, graz|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to feed on growing grass and other herbage. Cattle, sheep, and horses graze. »Cattle were grazing in the field. The…horses were turned out to graze (Washington Irving). 2. to pasture cattle,… …

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  • 105herb|age — «UR bihj, HUR », noun. 1. herbs or grass; low growing plants covering a large extent of ground. Cows graze on herbage in a pasture. »Chalk hills covered with a scanty herbage (Sir Benjamin Brodie). 2. the green leaves and soft stems of plants.… …

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  • 106herb´like´ — herb «urb, hurb», noun. 1. a plant whose leaves or stems are used for medicine, seasoning, food, or perfume. Sage, mint, caraway, and lavender are herbs. 2. a flowering plant whose stems live only one season. Herbs do not usually form woody… …

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  • 107herb´less — herb «urb, hurb», noun. 1. a plant whose leaves or stems are used for medicine, seasoning, food, or perfume. Sage, mint, caraway, and lavender are herbs. 2. a flowering plant whose stems live only one season. Herbs do not usually form woody… …

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  • 108acid green — Green Green (gr[=e]n), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. [1913 Webster] 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village… …

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  • 109Actaea spicata — Herb Herb ([ e]rb or h[ e]rb; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh food, pasture, fe rbein to feed.] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the… …

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  • 110Agelena naevia — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …

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