herbyadj.
/ˈhəːbi/, U.S. /ˈ(h)ərbi/ 1. Full of or abounding in herbs; grassy.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Herby, or full of herbs, or hauynge herbes, herbidus.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Herbageux, grassie, hearbie.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 39 An herby seat on broad Scamander's shore.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 729 Columbus..After many dayes..incountred with that Herbie Sea.
1889 C. Edwardes Sardinia 210 The herby slope.
2. Of the nature of a herb, herbaceous; pertaining to or characteristic of herbs.
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Herby, or pertaynynge to herbes, herbarius.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xxxvi. 367 The flowers..of a white greene or herby colour.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 189 Maudlinwort, or the herby part of the wilde Dasy.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 73/2 The Bean Caper is an herby, not a wooddy stalk.
1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 114 The stem is herbaceous or of a herby nature.
1884 T. Hardy Interlopers at Knap in Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 506/2 The herby breath of cows.
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