The corpus record — Latin

herbaceus

herbaceus · adj

grassy

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 20 · 0.5/10k

What it meant

herbācĕus — Lewis & Short

herbācĕus, a, um, adj.herba,

I grassy, grass-colored, grass-green, Plin. 19, 6, 33, § 110; cf.: folia herbacei coloris, id. 20, 13, 51, § 134: flos, id. 21, 19, 75, § 128 (opp. albus), id. 26, 8, 35, § 55: oleum, id. 23, 4, 49, § 95: chrysocolla, id. 33, 5, 27, § 90.

In the wild

herbaceum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.6.p3
herbacei Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.12.p5
herbacea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.34.p3
herbacea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.3.p2
herbaceum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.13.p2
herbaceo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.8.p2

6 of 20 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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