Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, of the nature of a potherb; fit for kitchen use: applied to plants having esculent properties.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent.
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- adjective Relating to
potherbs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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According to Sykes it constructs its nest of oleraceous herbs in the fields, and Hodgson states it to tenant woods and coppices in Nepal.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The channel had become filled with reeds, and great quantities of enormous milk or sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceous).
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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At Cumana I heard it derived in a manner somewhat far-fetched from the Spanish word cogollo, signifying the heart of oleraceous plants.
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At Cumana I heard it derived in a manner somewhat far-fetched from the Spanish word cogollo, signifying the heart of oleraceous plants.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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