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herbless

herbless adjective: destitute of herbs or vegetation.

Adjective

herbless (comparative more herbless, superlative most herbless)

  1. Destitute of herbs or vegetation.
    • his bed the herbless ground1746, Thomas Warton, Odes on Various Subjects
    • The wild, herbless, weather-worn promontory was quite a solitude, and, saving the one old lighthouse about fifty yards up the slope, scarce a mark was visible to show that humanity had ever been near the spot.1880, Thomas Hardy, The Trumpet-Major
  2. Having no herbs as ingredients.

Forms of herbless

comparativemore herbless
superlativemost herbless

Origin of herbless

From herb + -less.

Questions about herbless

What does herbless mean?
Herbless means destitute of herbs or vegetation.
What part of speech is herbless?
Herbless is an adjective.

Words near herbless in the dictionary

  1. herbivorousness
  2. herbivory
  3. herbivourous
  4. herbland
  5. herblands
  6. herbless
  7. herblet
  8. herblets
  9. herblike
  10. herblore
  11. herbman

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