herbaceous

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• UK: /hə(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.ʃəs/
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• US: /(h)ɝˈbeɪ.ʃəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: ER0 B EY1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ghreh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *gher-dh? Latin herba Proto-Indo-European *-eh2-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āceus Latin herbāceusbor. English herbaceous Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”). By surface analysis, herb + -aceous.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: geotek — botany: not woody
• Bulgarian: тревист (trevist) — botany: not woody
• Catalan: herbaci — botany: not woody
• Chinese Mandarin: 草本 (cǎoběn) — botany: not woody
• Czech: nedřevnatý — botany: not woody
• Danish: urteagtig — botany: not woody
• Dutch: kruidachtig — botany: not woody
• Finnish: ruohovartinen — botany: not woody
• French: herbacé — botany: not woody
• Galician: herbáceo — botany: not woody
• German: krautig — botany: not woody
• Greek: ποώδης (poódis) — botany: not woody
• Greek: χορτώδης (chortódis) — botany: not woody
• Italian: erbaceo — botany: not woody
• Māori: māotaota — botany: not woody
• Polish: zielny — botany: not woody
• Portuguese: herbáceo — botany: not woody
• Romanian: erbaceu — botany: not woody
• Romanian: ierbos — botany: not woody
• Russian: травяно́й (travjanój) — botany: not woody
• Russian: травяни́стый (travjanístyj) — botany: not woody
• Spanish: herbáceo — botany: not woody
• Turkish: otsu — botany: not woody
• Turkish: otsul — botany: not woody
• Welsh: llysieuol — botany: not woody
• Polish: roślinożerny — dated: feeding on herbs and soft plants