Herbage vs Vegetable - What's the difference?
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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 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).
Any plant.
A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
The edible part of such a plant.
(figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.
Of or relating to plants.
Of or relating to vegetables.
As nouns the difference between herbage and vegetable
is that herbage is herbs collectively while vegetable is any plant.As an adjective vegetable is
of or relating to plants.herbage
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The dank breath of herbage , sodden with rain, came to her; the mists were barely visible, hovering above the dark ravines.