herbage

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (uncountable, usually) Herbs collectively.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.
  3. (uncountable, usually) The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
  4. (uncountable, usually) The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈhəːbɪd͡ʒ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English herbage, from Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”). By surface analysis, herb + -age.

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