as in vegetation
green leaves or plants added some ferns and other herbage to the sidewalk planters

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Recent Examples of herbage This psoriasis cream contains a blend of herbage extractors, which work on flakes and dandruff buildup. Lindsay Modglin, Health, 13 Feb. 2023 When left to themselves, their great delight, after filling themselves with the coarse herbage of the desert, is to lie and roll in the hot sand. Dan Schlenoff, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2021 Instead of giving away free drinks to gamblers, Chicago’s new casino and others across the state should have servers carrying large hookahs filled with primo, mind-bending herbage. Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2019 The infertility may have resulted from a hormone imbalance, triggered by the herbage that the sheep ate, according to the study. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for herbage
Noun
  • In urban areas, there’s more concrete, less vegetation.
    Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • There is vegetation growing on its outskirts, with chickens in coops on the sides of roads, paintings for sale in windows and on some streets, shops are exclusively for artists.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Most of these organisms do not affect your plants until the foliage begins to decline.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
  • As for the small terraces that had once filled the other two sides, these had long since disappeared under the ever-expanding foliage.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Herbage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbage. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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