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Herbage vs Fungi - What's the difference?

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Herbage is a related term of fungi.


As a noun herbage

is herbs collectively.

As a proper noun fungi is

.

herbage

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Herbs collectively.
  • Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.
  • *1841 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘A Descent into the Maelström’:
  • *:I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 97:
    • The dank breath of herbage , sodden with rain, came to her; the mists were barely visible, hovering above the dark ravines.
  • The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
  • (legal) The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).

    • fungi

    English

    (wikipedia fungi)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound

    • Usage notes

    * There are multiple prounciations in current English use. More American dictionaries favor the pronunciation . However, all four pronunciations are in use in both countries. ----