different between herbaceous vs agrimony

herbaceous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin herb?ceus (grassy).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /h?(?)?be?.??s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /h??be?.??s/
  • Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

herbaceous (comparative more herbaceous, superlative most herbaceous)

  1. (botany) Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.
  2. (wine) Not woody in flavor.
  3. (dated) Feeding on herbs and soft plants.
    • 1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XL, page 490
      The hippopotamus is an herbaceous animal.

Antonyms

  • woody

Derived terms

Translations

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agrimony

English

Etymology

From Middle English egremoyne, from a conflation of Old English agrimonia and Middle French agremoine (from Old French agremoine, variant of aegremone), both from Late Latin agrim?nia, metathesized from Latin argem?nia (a kind of poppy) (probably by association with ager, agri- (field)), from Ancient Greek ???????? (argem?n?, Papaver argemone, prickly poppy), probably from ??????? (árgemon, leucoma), from ????? (argós, white).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æ?.??.m?n.i/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?æ?.???mo?.ni/

Noun

agrimony (plural agrimonies)

  1. Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
  2. Any of several unrelated plants of a similar appearance.

Translations

Anagrams

  • myriagon

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