herbaceous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /hə(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.ʃəs/    美 /(h)ɝˈbeɪ.ʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.
    — […] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
  2. Not woody in flavor.
  3. Feeding on herbs and soft plants. dated
    — The hippopotamus is an herbaceous animal.

词形变化

more herbaceous comparative most herbaceous superlative

词汇关系

反义词
woody
衍生词
herbaceously herbaceousness nonherbaceous subherbaceous

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-dʰ?
Latin herba
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s
Proto-Italic *-āks
Latin -āx
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
Proto-Italic *-ejos
Proto-Italic *-eos
Latin -eus
Latin -āceus
Latin herbāceusbor.
English herbaceous
Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”).
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