herbaceous

4 definitions found

herbaceous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  nonwoody \nonwoody\ adj.
     not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood; as, nonwoody
     plants. Opposite of woody. [Narrower terms: herbaceous;
     pulpy, fleshy]
     [WordNet 1.5]

  Herbaceous \Her*ba"ceous\, a. [L. herbaceus grassy. See Herb.]
     Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or
     characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an
     herbaceous stem.
     [1913 Webster]

herbaceous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  herbaceous
      adj 1: characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part

herbaceous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "herbaceous":
     botanic, bulbous, cereal, farinaceous, fruitlike, fruity, herbal,
     herbose, herbous, herby, leguminose, leguminous, plantlike,
     radicated, radiciform, radicular, rhizoid, rootlike, tuberous,
     vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetational, vegetative, weedy