(her-ba-ceous) 3 syllables

Definition

adjective. 1 having the character of a herb; 2 characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part

Example Sentence

Examples of herbaceous biennials include carrots and parsnips.

Synonyms

herblike; characteristic of an herb; nonwoody

Antonyms

animal

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herbaceous
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Rhymes

  • gracious
  • spacious

  • audacious
  • capacious
  • ceraceous
  • cretaceous
  • fallacious
  • flirtatious
  • hellacious
  • herbaceous
  • horatius
  • ignatius
  • loquacious
  • predaceous
  • salacious
  • sebaceous
  • tenacious
  • vexatious
  • vivacious
  • voracious

  • efficacious
  • ostentatious