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herbage

/ur-bij, hur-/US // ˈɜr bɪdʒ, ˈhɜr- //UK // (ˈhɜːbɪdʒ) //

草料,草药,草木灰,草木灰浆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : nonwoody vegetation.
    • : the succulent parts, leaves and stems, of herbaceous plants.
    • : Law. the right to pasture one's cattle on another's land.
    • : British. vegetation grazed by animals; pasturage.

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Examples

  • It was the merest baby—half-an-ounce, perhaps—and it fell from the hook into the herbage some yards from the stream.

  • It immediately destroys all sorts of moss, makes a tender herbage spring up, and eradicates a number of weeds.

  • They bounded through the tall herbage "like grasshoppers" and were remarkably agile in climbing.

  • If the herbage or other food affect the taste of the milk or cream, it will also modify the flavor of the cheese.

  • Herbage and pasture are wanting in this country, as is also the ox, whose place is supplied by the camel.