noun
- 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.
noun
- herbaceous plants collectively, esp the edible parts on which cattle, sheep, etc, graze
- the vegetation of pasture land; pasturage
late 14c., “non-woody plants collectively,” from Old French erbage or directly from Medieval Latin herbagium; see herb + -age.