Many herbaceous perennials require division every few years to stay healthy.
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Herbaceous
//(h)ɝˈbeɪ.ʃəs//
Synonyms for "herbaceous" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 21 languages.
Breton
1 entries- geotek adj (botany: not woody)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тревист adj (botany: not woody)
Catalan
1 entries- herbaci adj (botany: not woody)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 草本 adj (botany: not woody)
Czech
1 entries- nedřevnatý adj (botany: not woody)
Danish
1 entries- urteagtig adj (botany: not woody)
Dutch
1 entries- kruidachtig adj (botany: not woody)
Finnish
1 entries- ruohovartinen adj (botany: not woody)
French
1 entries- herbacé adj (botany: not woody)
Galician
1 entries- herbáceo adj (botany: not woody)
German
1 entries- krautig adj (botany: not woody)
Greek
2 entries- ποώδης adj (botany: not woody)
- χορτώδης adj (botany: not woody)
Italian
1 entries- erbaceo adj (botany: not woody)
Māori
1 entries- māotaota adj (botany: not woody)
Polish
2 entries- roślinożerny adj (dated: feeding on herbs and soft plants)
- zielny adj (botany: not woody)
Portuguese
1 entries- herbáceo adj (botany: not woody)
Romanian
2 entries- erbaceu adj (botany: not woody)
- ierbos adj (botany: not woody)
Russian
2 entries- травяни́стый adj (botany: not woody)
- травяно́й adj (botany: not woody)
Spanish
1 entries- herbáceo adj (botany: not woody)
Turkish
2 entries- otsu adj (botany: not woody)
- otsul adj (botany: not woody)
Welsh
1 entries- llysieuol adj (botany: not woody)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The botanist specialized in herbaceous species rather than trees and shrubs.
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We walked through a meadow rich with herbaceous vegetation and buzzing insects.
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[…] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
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