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herbless en · ADJ

Etymology

From herb + -less.

Meanings

1. Destitute of herbs or vegetation.
   • 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:
   • his bed the herbless ground 1746, Thomas Warton, Odes on Various Subjects:
2. Having no herbs as ingredients.

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