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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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starthistle

English

Alternative forms

  • star thistle, star-thistle

Etymology

star +? thistle

Noun

starthistle (plural starthistles)

  1. Any of the genus Centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants.

Derived terms

  • American starthistle (Centaurea americana)
  • golden starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
  • Iberian starthistle (Centaurea iberica)
  • Maltese starthistle (Centaurea melitensis)
  • purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
  • red starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
  • rough starthistle (Centaurea aspera)
  • yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

Translations

References

  • starthistle at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • starthistle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Centaurea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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