herboseadj.
/həːˈbəʊs/ Abounding in herbs or herbage.
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1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Herbose, Grassy, full of Grass or Herbs.
a1763 Byrom Crit. Rem., Hor. Odes iii. xviii, in Chalmers Eng. Poets XV. 239 Now in December, if we reason close, Are fields poetically call'd herbose?
1869 tr. F. A. Pouchet Universe (1871) 42 In the Phoenician traditions, where they speak of a herbose or gelatinous sea, situated beyond the Pillars of Hercules.
Derivatives
herˈbosity n. rare.
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1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Herbosity, grassiness, abundance of herbs.
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