Used in a Sentence

herbaceous

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for herbaceous.

Editorial note

The article contains both ‘an herbaceous’ and ‘a herbaceous’.

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of herbaceous gathered in one view.

adjective

(botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.

adjective

(wine) Not woody in flavor.

adjective

(dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for herbaceous.

adjective

(botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.

adjective

(wine) Not woody in flavor.

adjective

(dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants.

Example sentences

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The article contains both ‘an herbaceous’ and ‘a herbaceous’.

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For example, they might visibly wilt, or succulent leaves and herbaceous stems may go from turgid to limp.

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The hardy banana tree is actually an herbaceous perennial (the world's largest) despite being referred to as a tree.

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When you pick such a rare word in the corpus, you kind of railroaded into very limited continuations: herbaceous border...

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Coumarin has more of a herbaceous, 'hay' smell, quite different from vanillin itself.

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Americans for the most part don't pronounce the aitch in herbivore or herbaceous.

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Gardener's World has been giving arboreal advice for decades in the UK on mainstream TV, along with what to stuff in your herbaceous borders.

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But the thing that sticks in the mind was how, on the first run, one phrase right in the middle somehow stuck out: herbaceous..

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It knows that when I ask for recommendations, I tend to want a choice between spirit forward, tiki, martini and herbaceous.

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Those Namibian desert fairies play havoc with your herbaceous borders.

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The first plants to disappear will be C3 herbaceous plants, followed by deciduous forests, evergreen broad-leaf forests and finally evergreen conifers.[70] It gets worse from there!

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Its an anagram of Limed Eking which is a type of perennial herbaceous flowering plant that you can use the leaves of to treat small mammal bites.

Quote examples

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Since "herbaceous" isn't a term you hear often, most people likely don't have a good instinct for how they "should" pronounce it.

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I can't think of any time I've ever heard or said "an hotel" and it sounds very awkward to me, but herbaceous and historic can warble.

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In the entry for "herbaceous": (hûr-bāshəs, ûr-) According to the Usage Notes, both "an" and "a" are correct in written form (since both pronunciations are correct).

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If you're reading it out loud, "an herbacious" should be pronounced with a silent "h", and "a herbaceous" should be pronounced with an aspirated "h".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use herbaceous in a sentence?

The article contains both ‘an herbaceous’ and ‘a herbaceous’.

What does herbaceous mean?

(botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.

What part of speech is herbaceous?

herbaceous is commonly used as adjective.