🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

草本的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cǎoběn de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Herbaceous/hɜːrˈbeɪʃəs/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这种植物属于草本的灌木状植物。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to, comprising, or having the characteristic of an herb; having a green and fleshly stem rather than woody tissue.

    "The garden was filled with a diverse collection of herbaceous perennials."
  2. 2

    Resembling an herb in color, texture, or flavor.

    "The white wine carried a distinct herbaceous note reminiscent of freshly cut grass."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'herba' meaning grass or herb, combined with the adjectival suffix '-aceus' indicating resemblance or nature. Entering English in the 17th century, the term originally classified plants having little or no woody stem, maintaining a green and succulent profile.

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